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Harald Valdarsson, also known as Harald the Old (Old Norse: Haraldr inn gamli, born circa 568) appears only by name in Hversu Noregr byggðist, but his father, sons and descendants played a central role in the politics of Scandinavian legends.

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Harald Bluetooth

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Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson (Old Norse: Haraldr Blátǫnn Gormsson; Danish: Harald Blåtand Gormsen, died c. 985/86) was a king of Denmark and Norway. He...

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Harald the Old

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Harald Valdarsson, also known as Harald the Old (Old Norse: Haraldr inn gamli, born circa 568) appears only by name in Hversu Noregr byggðist, but his...

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Harald Fairhair

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Harald Fairhair (Old Norse: Haraldr Hárfagri) (c. 850 – c. 932) was a Norwegian king. According to traditions current in Norway and Iceland in the eleventh...

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Harald Hardrada

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Harald Sigurdsson (Old Norse: Haraldr Sigurðarson; c. 1015 – 25 September 1066), also known as Harald III of Norway and given the epithet Hardrada (harðráði;...

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Harald Greycloak

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Harald Greycloak (Old Norse: Haraldr gráfeldr, lit. "Harald Grey-hide"; Norwegian: Harald Gråfell; Danish: Harald Gråfeld; c. 935 – c. 970) was a king...

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Harald V

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Harald Gille

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Harald Gille (Old Norse: Haraldr Gilli or Haraldr Gillikristr, c. 1102 − 14 December 1136), also known as Harald IV, was king of Norway from 1130 until...

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Harald Quandt

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Harald Quandt (1 November 1921 – 22 September 1967) was a German industrialist, the son of Günther Quandt and Magda Behrend Rietschel. His parents divorced...

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Valdar

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makes Valdar the father of Harald the Old, the father of Halfdan the Valiant, the father of Ivar Vidfamne. If he is of the same origin as the Valdar of Hervarar...

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Sigurd Ring

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The Hervarar saga tells that when the Danish tributary king Valdar died, his son Randver became the king of Denmark, while his older brother Harald Wartooth...

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Harald

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up Harald or Haraldr in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Harald or Haraldr is the Old Norse form of the given name Harold. It may refer to: Harald Bluetooth...

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Harald Sigtryggsson

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Harald Sigtryggsson (Old Irish: Aralt mac Sitric; Old Norse: Haraldr Sigtryggsson [ˈhɑrˌɑldz̠ ˈsiɣˌtryɡːsˌson], died 940) was a Viking leader who ruled...

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Halfdan the Valiant

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Njal's Saga and Hversu Noregr byggdist. The genealogical work Hversu Noregr byggdist gives his father as Harald the Old, his grandfather as Valdar and his...

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Harald Wartooth

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Harald Wartooth or Harold Hiltertooth (Old Norse: Haraldr hilditǫnn; Modern Swedish and Danish: Harald Hildetand; Modern Norwegian: Harald Hildetann) was...

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Gorm the Old

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Archbishop Unni of Hamburg and Bremen in 936. According to the Jelling Stones, Gorm's son, Harald Bluetooth, "won all of Denmark", so it is speculated that...

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Harald Grenske

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Harald was only 11 years old, his father was slain by the sons of Gunnhild Gormsdóttir (i.e. Harald Greyhide and his brothers). Harald fled to Oppland and...

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Tora Mosterstong

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Mosterstong (Old Norse: Þóra Morstrstǫng)—also known as Thora Mostaff—was one of Harald Fairhair's concubines and the mother of Håkon the Good; Harald Fairhair's...

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Harald Rein

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Harald Rein (born October 1, 1957, in Bochum) is a Swiss theologian and served as the seventh bishop of the Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland....

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Ragnhild the Mighty

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Ragnhild the Mighty (Old Norse: Ragnhildr inn Rika Eiríksdóttir, Norwegian: Ragnhild Eiriksdatter) was a wife of Harald Fairhair, according to Icelandic...

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Eric Anundsson

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full of the best liquor. The next day, the kings prepared to leave. Bidding his farewell Åke gave to Harald's service his own twelve-year-old son Ubbe...

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Old Shatterhand

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Harald Reinl Old Shatterhand (Apaches Last Battle) (1964), dir.: Hugo Fregonese Winnetou – 2. Teil (Last of the Renegades) (1964), dir.: Dr. Harald Reinl...

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Sweyn Forkbeard

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father, Harald Bluetooth, and seized the throne. Harald was driven into exile and died shortly afterwards in November 986 or 987. In 1000, with the allegiance...

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Harald Maddadsson

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Harald Maddadsson (Old Norse: Haraldr Maddaðarson, Gaelic: Aralt mac Mataid) (c. 1134 – 1206) was Earl of Orkney and Mormaer of Caithness from 1139 until...

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Ivar Vidfamne

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husband was Harald the Old, son of Valdar, son of Roar (Hroðgar) of the house of Skjöldung (Scylding). While Guðröðr married Åsa, daughter of the Swedish...

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Kjotve the Rich

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led the western Norwegian kings against King Harald Fairhair (Harald Hårfagre) at the Battle of Hafrsfjord (Slaget i Hafrsfjorden). Defeated by Harald, Kjotve...

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Curmsun Disc

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English: KONUNGR). Old Norse in coin inscriptions ended after the tenth century. A full translation of the inscription reads: "Harald Gormson king of Danes...

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