Back Hereweald I Norrena Cyning ANG هارالد الأشقر Arabic هارالد ذو الشعر الفاتح ARZ I Harald Gözəlsaç AZ بیرینجی هارالد AZB Харальд I Хорфагер BE Харал Прекраснокосия Bulgarian Harald Iañ Norge BR Harald I, kralj Norveške BS Harald I de Noruega Catalan
| Harald Fairhair | |||||
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 Harald Fairhair, in an illustration from the 14th century Flateyjarbók. | |||||
| King of Norway | |||||
| Reign | 872–930 | ||||
| Successor | Eric I | ||||
| Born | c. 850 | ||||
| Died | c. 932 Rogaland, Norway | ||||
| Burial | |||||
| Spouse | Ragnhild Eriksdotter Åsa Håkonsdotter | ||||
| Issue more | Eric I of Norway Haakon I of Norway | ||||
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| Dynasty | Fairhair dynasty | ||||
| Father | Halfdan the Black | ||||
| Mother | Ragnhild (Haraldsdotter or Sigurdsdotter?) | ||||
| Religion | Norse religion | ||||
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.[a][1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Bruce Lincoln, Between History and Myth: Stories of Harald Fairhair and the Founding of the State (Chicago; London: The University of Chicago Press, 2014), p. 9
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