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According to traditions current in Norway and Iceland in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, he reigned from c. 872 to 930 and was the first King of Norway. [1] [2] Supposedly, two of his sons, Eric Bloodaxe and Haakon the Good, succeeded Harald to become kings after his death. Much of Harald's biography is uncertain.
Dec 13, 2019 · Harald Fairhair was the first king of Norway and the unification of the Viking tribes was started by his father, Halfdan the Black. The early history of Norway, and Scandinavia in general, is characterized by powerful seafarers, traders, and warriors and by rich heathen mythologies and ambitious chieftains.
Harald I, the first king to claim sovereignty over all of Norway. One of the greatest of the 9th-century Scandinavian warrior chiefs, he gained effective control of Norway’s western coastal districts but probably had only nominal authority in the other parts of Norway.
Nov 29, 2023 · If you ever looked up Norwegian history, chances are you came across the name of Harald Fairhair, the first king of Norway. His story is like a mix of legend and real-life Viking drama. In a time when Norway was a collection of smaller territories, each with its own ruler, Harald had an ambition to unite them all.
A short documentary about the early life and rise to power by Viking King Harald Fairhair with a tour through the regions of Norway where he lived.Online sho...
The Saga of Harald Fairhair (Haralds saga hárfagra) is the third of the sagas in Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla, after Ynglinga saga and the saga of Halfdan the Black. Snorri sagas were written in Iceland in the 1220s. This saga is about the Norwegian king Harald Fairhair.
Nov 30, 2023 · In the realm of Scandinavian history, few names resonate with the same intrigue and grandeur as Harald Fairhair, the legendary Viking monarch credited with unifying Norway into a single kingdom. His tale is a captivating blend of historical fact, mythical embellishments, and captivating storytelling, leaving an indelible mark on the Norwegian ...
Mar 24, 2020 · In the early Middle Ages Norway was comprised of many petty kingships. According to the sagas, it was Harald Fairhair (ca. 865 – ca. 933) who united Norway into a single kingdom. Harald Fairhair’s father, Halfdan the Black, was a petty king in the regions of Vestfold and Oppland.
Harald Fairhair (c. 850 – c. 932) was the first King of Norway. According to traditions today in Norway and Iceland, during the 12th and 13th centuries, he was king from 872 to 930. Most of what we know about him comes from several sagas, written up to three centuries after he died.
Harald Fairhair – a King of Western Norway. The chronicler Snorri Sturluson places Harald Fairhair among the Ynglinge bloodline. However, the lay Ynglingatal, which is Snorri’s “source” and the Ynglinge bloodline’s “family tree”, never mentions Harald Fairhair even once.
