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Harald Fairhair, the Glossary

Harald Fairhair (Old Norse: Haraldr Hárfagri) (–) was a Norwegian king.^[1]

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10th-century Norwegian monarchs
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9th-century Norwegian monarchs
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Absolute monarchy

Absolute monarchy is a form of monarchy in which the sovereign is the sole source of political power, unconstrained by constitutions, legislatures or other checks on their authority.

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Adam of Bremen

Adam of Bremen (Adamus Bremensis; Adam von Bremen; before 1050 – 12 October 1081/1085) was a German medieval chronicler.

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Agnatic seniority

Agnatic seniority is a patrilineal principle of inheritance where the order of succession to the throne prefers the monarch's younger brother over the monarch's own sons.

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Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great (also spelled Ælfred; – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899.

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Alrekstad

Alrekstad (Norwegian: Kongsgården på Alrekstad, Old Norse: Álreksstaðir) was one of the largest Kongsgård estates on the west coast of Norway during the early Middle Ages.

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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English, chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons.

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Ari Thorgilsson

Ari Þorgilsson (1067/1068 – 9 November 1148; Old Norse:; Modern Icelandic:; also anglicized Ari Thorgilsson) was Iceland's most prominent medieval chronicler.

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Arson in medieval Scandinavia

Arson in medieval Scandinavia (Old Norse hús-brenna or hús-bruni, "house-burning") was a technique sometimes employed in blood feuds and political conflicts in order to assassinate someone.

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Aslaug

Aslaug (Áslaug), also called Aslög, Kráka (O.N.) or Kraba, is a figure in Norse mythology who appears in Snorri's Edda, the Völsunga saga and in the saga of Ragnar Lodbrok as one of his wives.

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Assassin's Creed Valhalla

Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a 2020 Viking fantasy action role-playing video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft.

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Atli the Slender

Atli the Slender (Old Norse: Atli hinn Mjovi) was a ninth-century Norwegian jarl mentioned in several Old Norse sources, including Heimskringla and Egils saga.

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Avaldsnes

Avaldsnes is a village in Karmøy municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.

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Avaldsnes Kongsgård estate

The Avaldsnes Kongsgård estate (Norwegian: Avaldsnes kongsgård) was a king's estate (Kongsgård) which is believed to be the oldest royal residence and seat of power in Norwegian history.

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Ágrip af Nóregskonungasögum

(Icelandic for "Summary of the Norwegian Kings' Sagas"), often shortened to Ágrip, is a history of the kings of Norway.

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Álof árbót Haraldsdóttir

Álof árbót (‘Improvement of Prosperity’) Haraldsdottir was a daughter of King Harald Fairhair and member of the ninth-century ruling family of Møre.

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Æthelstan

Æthelstan or Athelstan (– 27 October 939) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 and King of the English from 927 to his death in 939. Harald Fairhair and Æthelstan are founding monarchs.

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Íslendingabók

(Old Norse pronunciation:, Book of Icelanders) is a historical work dealing with early Icelandic history.

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Þáttr

The þættir (Old Norse singular þáttr, literally meaning a "strand" of rope or yarn)O'Donoghue (2004:226).

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Þjóðólfr of Hvinir

Þjóðólfr ór Hvini (anglicized as Thjódólf of Hvinir or Thiodolf; fl. late 9th–early 10th c. AD), was a Norwegian skald, said to have been one of the court-poets of the Norwegian king Harald Fairhair.

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Þorbjǫrn hornklofi

Þórbjǫrn hornklofi (Modern Norwegian: Torbjørn Hornklove; note that hornklofi is a nickname, not a surname) was a 9th-century Norwegian skald and one of the court poets of King Harald Fairhair.

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Battle of Hafrsfjord

The Battle of Hafrsfjord (Slaget i Hafrsfjord) was a naval battle fought in Hafrsfjord sometime between 872 and 900 that resulted in the unification of Norway, later known as the Kingdom of Norway.

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Bjørn Farmann

Bjørn Farmann ("Bjørn the Tradesman", also called Bjørn Haraldsson, Farmand and Kaupman, died between 930 and 934) was a king of Vestfold. Harald Fairhair and Bjørn Farmann are 930s deaths.

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Blond

Blond or blonde, also referred to as fair hair, is a human hair color characterized by low levels of eumelanin, the dark pigment.

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Blood eagle

The blood eagle was a method of ritual execution as detailed in late skaldic poetry.

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Claus Krag

Claus Krag (born April 21, 1943) is a Norwegian educator, historian, and writer.

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Crusader Kings II

Crusader Kings II is a grand strategy game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive.

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Crusader Kings III is a grand strategy role-playing video game set in the Middle Ages, developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive as a sequel to Crusader Kings (2004) and Crusader Kings II (2012).

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe.

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Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden

The dissolution of the union (unionsoppløsningen; unionsoppløysinga; Landsmål: unionsuppløysingi; unionsupplösningen) between the kingdoms of Norway and Sweden under the House of Bernadotte, was set in motion by a resolution of the Storting on 7 June 1905.

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Dovre

Dovre is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway.

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Earls of Lade

The Earls of Lade (ladejarler) were a dynasty of Norse jarls from Lade (Old Norse: Hlaðir), who ruled what is now Trøndelag and Hålogaland from the 9th century to the 11th century.

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Egil's Saga

Egill's Saga or Egil's saga (Egils saga) is an Icelandic saga (family saga) on the lives of the clan of Egill Skallagrímsson (Anglicised as Egill Skallagrimsson), an Icelandic farmer, viking and skald.

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Eirik of Hordaland

Eirik King of Hordaland (Old Norse: Eiríkr Konungr á Hǫrðalandi) was a king of Hordaland, then a petty kingdom in western Norway, in the late 9th century.

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Eric Anundsson

Eric Anundsson or Eymundsson was a semi-legendary Swedish king who supposedly ruled during the 9th century.

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Eric Bloodaxe

Eric Haraldsson (Eiríkr Haraldsson, Eirik Haraldsson; c.930−954), nicknamed Bloodaxe (blóðøx, Blodøks) and Brother-Slayer (fratrum interfector), was a Norwegian king. Harald Fairhair and Eric Bloodaxe are 10th-century Norwegian monarchs, Fairhair dynasty, Orkneyinga saga characters and viking warriors.

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Fagrskinna

Fagrskinna (Old Norse:; Fagurskinna; trans. "Fair Leather" from the type of parchment) is one of the kings' sagas, written around 1220.

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Fairhair dynasty

The Fairhair dynasty (Hårfagreætta) was a family of kings founded by Harald I of Norway (commonly known as "Harald Fairhair", Haraldr inn hárfagri) which united and ruled Norway with few interruptions from the latter half of the 9th century.

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Faroe Islands

The Faroe or Faeroe Islands, or simply the Faroes (Føroyar,; Færøerne), are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.

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Finnur Jónsson

Finnur Jónsson (May 29, 1858 – March 30, 1934) was an Icelandic-Danish philologist and Professor of Nordic Philology at the University of Copenhagen.

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Fjaler

Fjaler is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway.

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Flateyjarbók

Flateyjarbók ("Book of Flatey") is an important medieval Icelandic manuscript.

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Flóamanna saga

Flóamanna saga ('the saga of the men of Flói'), also known as Þorgils saga Ørrabeinsstjúps ('the saga of Þorgils, foster-son of Ørrabeinn') is one of the sagas of Icelanders.

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Gandalf Alfgeirsson

Gandalf Alfgeirsson (Old Norse: Gandálf Álfgeirsson) was a legendary king of the petty kingdom Alfheim, in south-eastern Norway and south-western Sweden He is portrayed in Snorri Sturluson's saga Heimskringla.

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Gesta Regum Anglorum

The (Latin for "Deeds of the Kings of the English"), originally titled ("On the Deeds of the Kings of the English") and also anglicized as or, is an early-12th-century history of the kings of England by William of Malmesbury.

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Glymdrápa

Glymdrápa ("Drápa of din") is a skaldic poem composed by Þorbjörn Hornklofi, the court poet of King Harald I of Norway (Haraldr hárfagri).

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Gray Goose Laws

The Gray (Grey) Goose Laws (Grágás) are a collection of laws from the Icelandic Commonwealth period.

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Grettis saga

Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar (modern, reconstructed), also known as Grettla, Grettir's Saga or The Saga of Grettir the Strong, is one of the Icelanders' sagas.

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Gruffudd ap Cynan

Gruffudd ap Cynan (–1137) was King of Gwynedd from 1081 until his death in 1137.

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Gudröd the Radiant

Gudröd the Radiant (Old Norse: Guðrøðr ljómi) was, according to medieval tradition, a son of the Norwegian king Harald Fairhair with his Sami-wife Snæfrithr Svásadottir. Harald Fairhair and Gudröd the Radiant are Fairhair dynasty.

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Gudrød the Hunter

Gudrød the Hunter (Old Norse: Guðrøðr veiðikonungr, Norwegian: Gudrød Veidekonge, literally Gudrod Hunter-king; died 820 AD), also known as Gudrød the Magnificent (Old Norse: enn gǫfugláti, Norwegian: den gjeve), is a legendary character portrayed in the Norse sagas as a Norwegian petty king in the early 9th century. Harald Fairhair and Gudrød the Hunter are people whose existence is disputed.

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Gunnhild, Mother of Kings

Gunnhildr konungamóðir (mother of kings) or Gunnhildr Gormsdóttir, whose name is often Anglicised as Gunnhild (c. 910 – c. 980), is a quasi-historical figure who appears in the Icelandic Sagas, according to which she was the wife of Eric Bloodaxe (King of Norway 930–934, King of Orkney c. Harald Fairhair and Gunnhild, Mother of Kings are Fairhair dynasty and Orkneyinga saga characters.

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Guttorm Haraldsson

Guttorm Haraldsson was the first son of King Harald Fairhair of Norway and Åsa, daughter of Håkon Grjotgardsson, who was the first Earl of Lade. Harald Fairhair and Guttorm Haraldsson are Fairhair dynasty.

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Gyda Eiriksdatter

Gyda Eiriksdottir of Hordaland (Gyða Eiríksdóttir) was a semi-legendary Norwegian concubine during the Viking Age.

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Haakon the Good

Haakon Haraldsson (c. 920–961), also Haakon the Good (Old Norse: Hákon góði, Norwegian: Håkon den gode) and Haakon Adalsteinfostre (Old Norse: Hákon Aðalsteinsfóstri, Norwegian: Håkon Adalsteinsfostre), was the king of Norway from 934 to 961. Harald Fairhair and Haakon the Good are 10th-century Norwegian monarchs and Fairhair dynasty.

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Hafrsfjord

Hafrsfjord or Hafrsfjorden is a fjord in the Stavanger Peninsula in Rogaland county, Norway.

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Halfdan Haraldsson the Black

Halfdan Haraldsson or Halfdan the Black was a son of Harald I of Norway by his first wife, Åsa, the daughter of Jarl Håkon Grjotgardsson of Lade. Harald Fairhair and Halfdan Haraldsson the Black are Fairhair dynasty.

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Halfdan Long-Leg

Halfdan Long-Leg (Old Norse: Hálfdan háleggur, Norwegian: Halvdan Hålegg) was a Viking-Age warrior who lived in the latter half of the 9th century. Harald Fairhair and Halfdan Long-Leg are Fairhair dynasty, Orkneyinga saga characters, Scandinavian Scotland and viking warriors.

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Halfdan the Black

Halfdan the Black (Old Norse: Halfdanr Svarti) was a king of Vestfold. Harald Fairhair and Halfdan the Black are 9th-century Norwegian monarchs.

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Harald Bluetooth

Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson (Haraldr Blátǫnn Gormsson; Harald Blåtand Gormsen, died c. 985/86) was a king of Denmark and Norway. Harald Fairhair and Harald Bluetooth are 10th-century Norwegian monarchs.

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Harald Hardrada

Harald Sigurdsson (– 25 September 1066), also known as Harald III of Norway and given the epithet Hardrada in the sagas, was King of Norway from 1046 to 1066.

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Haraldshaugen

Haraldshaugen (Norwegian: Riksmonumentet Haraldshaugen) is a national monument in Haugesund, Norway.

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Haugesund

Haugesund is a municipality and town on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway.

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Hákonarmál

Hákonarmál (Old Norse: 'The Song of Hákon') is a skaldic poem which the skald Eyvindr skáldaspillir composed about the fall of the Norwegian king Hákon the Good at the battle of Fitjar and his reception in Valhalla.

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Håkon Grjotgardsson

Håkon Grjotgardsson (Old Norse: Hákon Grjótgarðsson) was the first Earl of Lade and an ally of Harald Fairhair, King of Norway.

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Hålogaland

Hålogaland was the northernmost of the Norwegian provinces in the medieval Norse sagas.

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Hebrides

The Hebrides (Innse Gall,; Southern isles) are an archipelago off the west coast of the Scottish mainland.

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Heimskringla

() is the best known of the Old Norse kings' sagas.

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Hird

The hird (also named "Håndgangne Menn" in Norwegian), in Scandinavian history, was originally an informal retinue of personal armed companions, hirdmen or housecarls.

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Historia Norwegiæ

Historia Norwegiæ is a short history of Norway written in Latin by an anonymous monk.

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History of Ireland

The first evidence of human presence in Ireland dates to around 33,000 years ago, with further findings dating the presence of homo sapiens to around 10,500 to 7,000 BCE.

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Hjǫrleifr Hróðmarsson (Old Norse:; Modern Icelandic: Hjörleifur Hróðmarsson; Modern Norwegian: Leif Rodmarsson) was an early settler in Iceland.

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Hrafnsmál

Hrafnsmál (Old Norse:; "raven song") is a fragmentary skaldic poem generally accepted as being written by the 9th-century Norwegian skald Þorbjörn Hornklofi.

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Iceland

Iceland (Ísland) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe.

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Icelandic language

Icelandic (íslenska) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family spoken by about 314,000 people, the vast majority of whom live in Iceland, where it is the national language.

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Ingólfr Arnarson

Ingólfr Arnarson, in some sources named Bjǫrnólfsson, (–) is commonly recognized as the first permanent Norse settler of Iceland, together with his wife Hallveig Fróðadóttir and foster brother Hjörleifr Hróðmarsson.

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Jórunn skáldmær

Jórunn skáldmær ("poet-maiden") was a Norwegian skald active in the first half of the 10th century.

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Jötunn

A jötunn (also jotun; in the normalised scholarly spelling of Old Norse, jǫtunn; or, in Old English, eoten, plural eotenas) is a type of being in Germanic mythology.

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Jelling stones

The Jelling stones (Jellingstenene) are massive carved runestones from the 10th century, found at the town of Jelling in Denmark.

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John of Worcester

John of Worcester (died c. 1140) was an English monk and chronicler who worked at Worcester Priory.

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Jutland

Jutland (Jylland, Jyske Halvø or Cimbriske Halvø; Jütland, Kimbrische Halbinsel or Jütische Halbinsel) is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein).

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Katrín Jakobsdóttir

Katrín Jakobsdóttir (born 1 February 1976) is an Icelandic politician who served as the prime minister of Iceland from 2017 to 2024 and was a member of the Althing for the Reykjavík North constituency from 2007 to 2024.

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King of Kings (Leaves' Eyes album)

King of Kings is the sixth studio album by the German symphonic metal band Leaves' Eyes.

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Kingdom of the Isles

The Kingdom of the Isles was a Norse-Gaelic kingdom comprising the Isle of Man, the Hebrides and the islands of the Clyde from the 9th to the 13th centuries AD. Harald Fairhair and kingdom of the Isles are Scandinavian Scotland.

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Kings' sagas

Kings' sagas (konungasögur, kongesoger, -sogor, kongesagaer) are Old Norse sagas which principally tell of the lives of semi-legendary and legendary (mythological, fictional) Nordic kings, also known as saga kings.

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Kjotve the Rich

Kjotve the Rich (Old Norse: Kjǫtvi hinn auðgi, Norwegian: Kjøtve den Rike) was a king of Agder, then one of the petty kingdoms of Norway during the late 9th century. Harald Fairhair and Kjotve the Rich are 9th-century Norwegian monarchs.

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Kongsgård

() is a residence, estate, or farmland that has belonged to or still belongs to the Scandinavian monarchs or royal families.

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Landnámabók

Landnámabók ("Book of Settlements"), often shortened to Landnáma, is a medieval Icelandic written work which describes in considerable detail the settlement (landnám) of Iceland by the Norse in the 9th and 10th centuries CE.

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Leaves' Eyes

Leaves' Eyes is a symphonic metal band from Germany and Norway.

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Leikanger

Leikanger is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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List of Scottish monarchs

The monarch of Scotland was the head of state of the Kingdom of Scotland.

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Marianus Scotus

Marianus Scotus (1028–1082 or 1083) was an Irish monk and chronicler.

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Møre og Romsdal

Møre og Romsdal (Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway.

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Mead hall

Among the early Germanic peoples, a mead hall or feasting hall was a large building with a single room intended to receive guests and serve as a center of community social life.

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Monarchy of Norway

The Norwegian monarch is the head of state of Norway, which is a constitutional and hereditary monarchy with a parliamentary system.

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Moster

Moster is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway.

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Mount & Blade: Warband

Mount & Blade: Warband is the standalone expansion pack to the strategy action role-playing video game Mount & Blade.

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Namdalen

Namdalen (Nååmesjevuemie) is a traditional district in the central part of Norway, consisting of the municipalities Namsos, Grong, Overhalla, Røyrvik, Nærøysund, Høylandet, Flatanger, Lierne, Leka, and Namsskogan, all in Trøndelag county.

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Norsk biografisk leksikon

Norsk biografisk leksikon is the largest Norwegian biographical encyclopedia.

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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Odin

Odin (from Óðinn) is a widely revered god in Germanic paganism.

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Ohthere of Hålogaland

Ohthere of Hålogaland (Ottar fra Hålogaland) was a Viking Age Norwegian seafarer known only from an account of his travels that he gave to King Alfred (r. 871–99) of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex in about 890 AD.

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Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf

Olaf Haraldssøn Geirstadalf Digerbein (Agder, c. 877 - Tønsberg, c. 934), was a reputed son of King Harald Fairhair of Norway with Svanhild Øysteinsdatter, daughter of Øystein Jarl. Harald Fairhair and Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf are 930s deaths and Fairhair dynasty.

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Olaf II of Norway

Olaf II Haraldsson (– 29 July 1030), also Olav Haraldsson, later known as Saint Olaf and Olaf the Holy, was King of Norway from 1015 to 1028. Harald Fairhair and Olaf II of Norway are Fairhair dynasty.

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Olaf Tryggvason

Olaf Tryggvason (960s – 9 September 1000) was King of Norway from 995 to 1000. Harald Fairhair and Olaf Tryggvason are 10th-century Norwegian monarchs, Fairhair dynasty and Orkneyinga saga characters.

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Old Norse

Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages.

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Old Norse religion

Old Norse religion, also known as Norse paganism, is a branch of Germanic religion which developed during the Proto-Norse period, when the North Germanic peoples separated into a distinct branch of the Germanic peoples.

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Orderic Vitalis

Orderic Vitalis (Ordericus Vitalis; 16 February 1075 –) was an English chronicler and Benedictine monk who wrote one of the great contemporary chronicles of 11th- and 12th-century Normandy and Anglo-Norman England.

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Origin myth

An origin myth is a type of myth that explains the beginnings of a natural or social aspect of the world.

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Orkney

Orkney (Orkney; Orkneyjar; Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands (archaically "The Orkneys"), is an archipelago off the north coast of Scotland.

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Orkneyinga saga

The Orkneyinga saga (Old Norse:; also called the History of the Earls of Orkney and Jarls' Saga) is a narrative of the history of the Orkney and Shetland islands and their relationship with other local polities, particularly Norway and Scotland. Harald Fairhair and Orkneyinga saga are Scandinavian Scotland.

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Peter Franzén

Peter Vilhelm Franzén (born 14 August 1971) is a Finnish actor, author, screenwriter, and director.

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Peter Sawyer (historian)

Peter Hayes Sawyer (25 June 1928 – 7 July 2018) was a British historian.

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Petty kingdom

A petty kingdom is a kingdom described as minor or "petty" (from the French 'petit' meaning small) by contrast to an empire or unified kingdom that either preceded or succeeded it (e.g. the numerous kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England unified into the Kingdom of England in the 10th century, or the numerous Gaelic kingdoms of Ireland as the Kingdom of Ireland in the 16th century).

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Petty kingdoms of Norway

The petty kingdoms of Norway (smårike) were the entities from which the later Kingdom of Norway was founded.

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Primogeniture

Primogeniture is the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn legitimate child to inherit the parent's entire or main estate in preference to shared inheritance among all or some children, any illegitimate child or any collateral relative.

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Ragnhild Sigurdsdotter

The name Ragnhild Sigurdsdotter may refer to two different figures from Old Norse literature, an amalgam of them, or a purely fictitious figure.

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Ragnhild the Mighty

Ragnhild the Mighty (Old Norse: Ragnhildr inn Rika Eiríksdóttir, Norwegian: Ragnhild Eiriksdatter) was a wife of Harald Fairhair, according to Icelandic historian Snorri Sturluson. Harald Fairhair and Ragnhild the Mighty are 9th-century Norwegian monarchs and Fairhair dynasty.

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Randsfjorden

Randsfjorden is Norway's fourth-largest lake with an area of.

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Ranrike

Ranrike (Old Norse Ránríki) was the old name for a part of Viken, corresponding to southeast Norway (Oslofjord area) and the northern half of the modern Swedish (Norwegian until 1658) province of Bohuslän (roughly identical with Álfheimr of Scandinavian mythology).

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Régis Boyer

Régis Boyer (25 June 1932 – 16 June 2017) was a French literary scholar, historian and translator, specialised on Nordic literature and the Viking Age.

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Rebellion (band)

Rebellion is a German heavy metal band.

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Rogaland

Rogaland is a county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast.

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Rognvald Eysteinsson

Rognvald Eysteinsson (fl. 865) was the founding Jarl (or Earl) of Møre in Norway, and a close relative and ally of Harald Fairhair, the earliest known King of Norway. Harald Fairhair and Rognvald Eysteinsson are Orkneyinga saga characters.

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Rondvatnet

Rondvatnet is a lake in Sel Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway.

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Saga

Sagas are prose stories and histories, composed in Iceland and to a lesser extent elsewhere in Scandinavia.

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Saga of Harald Fairhair

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.

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Scylding

The Scyldings (OE Scyldingas) or Skjǫldungs (ON Skjǫldungar), both meaning "descendants of Scyld/Skjǫldr", were, according to legends, a clan or dynasty of Danish kings, that in its time conquered and ruled Denmark and Sweden together with part of England, Ireland and North Germany.

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Settlement of Iceland

The settlement of Iceland (landnámsöld) is generally believed to have begun in the second half of the ninth century, when Norse settlers migrated across the North Atlantic.

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Shami Ghosh

Shami Ghosh is an Indian-born historian who is Associate Professor at the Centre for Medieval Studies and Department of History at the University of Toronto.

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Shetland

Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway.

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Sigurd Haakonsson

Sigurd Håkonsson (died 962) (Old Norse: Sigurðr Hákonarson) was a Norwegian nobleman and Jarl of Lade in Trøndelag.

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Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye

Sigurd Snake-in-the-eye (Sigurðr ormr í auga) or Sigurd Ragnarsson was a semi-legendary Viking warrior and Danish king active from the mid to late 9th century. Harald Fairhair and Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye are viking warriors.

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Skald

A skald, or skáld (Old Norse:, later;, meaning "poet") is one of the often named poets who composed skaldic poetry, one of the two kinds of Old Norse poetry in alliterative verse, the other being Eddic poetry.

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Snæfrithr Svásadottir

Snæfríðr Svásadóttir (or Snjófríðr Svásadóttir, Norwegian: Snøfrid Svåsedatter) also called Snæfríðr finnska (Snæfríthr the Finnish/Sami) was, according to medieval tradition a wife of the Norwegian king Harald Fairhair. Harald Fairhair and Snæfrithr Svásadottir are 9th-century Norwegian monarchs and Fairhair dynasty.

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Snorri Sturluson

Snorri Sturluson (Old Norse:;; 1179 – 22 September 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician.

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Sogn

Sogn is a traditional district in Western Norway (Vestlandet).

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Stavanger

Stavanger (US usually) is a city and municipality in Norway.

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Sunnhordland

Sunnhordland is a traditional district in the western region of Norway.

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Sunnmøre

Sunnmøre (Møre) is the southernmost traditional district of the western Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal.

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Swedish language

Swedish (svenska) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family, spoken predominantly in Sweden and in parts of Finland.

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Tale of Ragnar Lodbrok

The Tale of Ragnarr loðbrók (Ragnars saga loðbrókar) is an Icelandic legendary saga of the 13th century about the Viking ruler Ragnarr loðbrók.

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Tale of Ragnar's Sons

The Tale of Ragnar's sons (Ragnarssona þáttr) is an Old Norse story about Ragnar Lodbrok and his sons.

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The Northman

The Northman is a 2022 American epic historical action film directed by Robert Eggers from a screenplay he co-wrote with Sjón.

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Thorir Rögnvaldarson

Thórir 'the Silent' Rǫgnvaldsson was a ninth-century Viking and the second Jarl of Møre. Harald Fairhair and Thorir Rögnvaldarson are Orkneyinga saga characters and viking warriors.

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Thrall

A thrall was a slave or serf in Scandinavian lands during the Viking Age.

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Tora Mosterstong

Tora Mosterstong (Þóra Morstrstǫng)—also known as Thora Mostaff—was one of Harald Fairhair's concubines and the mother of Håkon the Good; Harald Fairhair's youngest son and the third King of Norway (c. 935–961). Harald Fairhair and Tora Mosterstong are Fairhair dynasty.

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Torf-Einarr

Einarr Rognvaldarson (early 890s–c. 910), often referred to by his byname Torf-Einarr (sometimes anglicised as Turf-Einar), was one of the Norse earls of Orkney. Harald Fairhair and Torf-Einarr are Orkneyinga saga characters.

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Trøndelag

Trøndelag (or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as Midt-Norge or Midt-Noreg, "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmark-Norway, and the counties were reunited in 2018 after a vote of the two counties in 2016.

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Trondheim

Trondheim (Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway.

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Tryggve Olafsson

Tryggve Olafsson (Old Norse: Tryggvi Óláfsson, Norwegian: Tryggve Olavsson) (born 928 in Ringerike, died 963 in Sotnes, Bohuslän, Västra Götaland, Sweden) was king of Viken, Norway (Vingulmark and Rånrike).

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Turgesius

Turgesius (died 845) (also called Turgeis, Tuirgeis, Turges, and Thorgest) was a Viking chief active in Ireland during the 9th century.

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Ubisoft

Ubisoft Entertainment SA (formerly Ubi Soft Entertainment SA) is a French video game publisher headquartered in Saint-Mandé with development studios across the world.

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Unification of Norway

The Unification of Norway (Norwegian Bokmål: Rikssamlingen) is the process by which Norway merged from several petty kingdoms into a single kingdom, predecessor to the modern Kingdom of Norway. Harald Fairhair and Unification of Norway are Fairhair dynasty.

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Union between Sweden and Norway

Sweden and Norway or Sweden–Norway (Svensk-norska unionen; Den svensk-norske union(en)), officially the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, and known as the United Kingdoms, was a personal union of the separate kingdoms of Sweden and Norway under a common monarch and common foreign policy that lasted from 1814 until its peaceful dissolution in 1905.

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Uplands, Norway

The Uplands (Old Norse: Upplǫnd, Norwegian: Opplanda), is an ancient name for the agricultural lands and forest regions to the north of Oslo in Norway.

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Valhalla

In Norse mythology Valhalla is the anglicised name for Valhǫll ("hall of the slain").

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Vatnsdæla saga

Vatnsdæla saga (Icelandic:;; Old Norse: Vatnsdœla saga) is one of the sagas of Icelanders.

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Värmland

Värmland is a landskap (historical province) in west-central Sweden.

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Västra Götaland County

Västra Götaland County (Västra Götalands län) is a county or län on the western coast of Sweden.

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Vestfold

Vestfold is a county and a current electoral district in Eastern Norway.

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Viken (region)

Viken (Old Norse: Vík or Víkin), or Vika, was the historical name during the Viking Age and the High Middle Ages for an area of Scandinavia that originally surrounded the Oslofjord and included the coast of Bohuslän.

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Vikings

Vikings were seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe.

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Vikings (TV series)

Vikings is a historical drama television series created and written by Michael Hirst.

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Vingulmark

Vingulmark (Old Norse Vingulmǫrk) is the old name for the area in Norway which today makes up the counties of Østfold, western parts of Akershus (excluding Romerike), and eastern parts of Buskerud (Hurum and Røyken municipalities), and includes the site of Norway's capital, Oslo.

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Vinland Saga (manga)

is a Japanese historical manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Yukimura.

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Vow

A vow (Lat. votum, vow, promise; see vote) is a promise or oath.

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Weregild

Weregild (also spelled wergild, wergeld (in archaic/historical usage of English), weregeld, etc.), also known as man price (blood money), was a precept in some historical legal codes whereby a monetary value was established for a person's life, to be paid as a fine or as compensatory damages to the person's family if that person was killed or injured by another.

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Western Norway

Western Norway (Vestlandet, Vest-Norge; Vest-Noreg) is the region along the Atlantic coast of southern Norway.

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When the Raven Flies

When the Raven Flies (original Hrafninn flýgur) is a 1984 Icelandic-Swedish adventure film written and directed by Hrafn Gunnlaugsson.

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William of Malmesbury

William of Malmesbury (Willelmus Malmesbiriensis) was the foremost English historian of the 12th century.

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Yngling

The Ynglings were a dynasty of kings, first in Sweden and later in Norway, primarily attested through the poem Ynglingatal.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Fairhair

Also known as Fairhair, Finehair, Harald Fine Haired, Harald Finehair, Harald Hairfair, Harald Harfagr, Harald Hárfagri, Harald Harfargr, Harald Hárfagre, Harald I (of Norway), Harald I Fairhair, Harald I Finehair, Harald I Hårfagre, Harald I of Norway, Harald fine hair, Haraldr Fairhair, Haraldr Hálfdanarson, Haraldr I, Haraldr I Hálfdansson, Haraldr I hárfagri, Haraldr I of Norway, Haraldr hárfagri, Haraldr inn hárfagri, Haraldur I, Haraldur hinn hárfagri, Harold Fairhair, Harold Fine Hair, Harold Finehair, Harold Haarfager, Harold Harfagr, Harold I of Norway, Harold fine haired, King Harald Finehair, King Harold the Fair-haired, Svanhild Oisteinsdttr.

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