In Norse mythology, Fólkvangr is the meadow ruled by Freyja that receives half of the warriors slain in battle.
The name Fólkvangr means something like “field of the people” or “host-field.” The destination is described in Grímnismál, a poem preserved in the Poetic Edda. There, Odin’s hall Valhalla receives one half of battle-dead warriors, while Freyja receives the other half in Fólkvangr.
Freyja is a major Vanir goddess associated with love, fertility, beauty, magic, and war. Her role as a chooser of the slain shows that battle and afterlife traditions in Norse mythology were not exclusively centered on Odin.
Fólkvangr is sometimes confused with Valhalla because both are destinations for warriors killed in combat. The surviving sources do not provide a detailed map or extensive description of Fólkvangr, so modern portrayals often expand beyond the medieval texts.