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Halfdan the Black (Old Norse: Halfdanr Svarti; fl. c. 9th century) was a king of Vestfold. He belonged to the House of Yngling and was the father of Harald Fairhair, the first king of a unified Norway.
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. He was made sub-king of the Trondelag by his father, along with his brother Halfdan the White.
Jul 13, 2005 · Halfdan the Black Gudrødsson (c. 810 – c. 860) was the father of the first King of Norway Harald Fairhair and belonged to the House of Yngling. No contemporary sources mention Halfdan, and the details of his life that are provided by later kings' sagas are considered semi-legendary by modern historians.
The work describes the history of the Yngling-dynasty from the legendary king Ingvi as Harald's ancestors and Halfdan the Black was his father. Halfdan is here described as ruling a mountainous region of Norway and having drowned in Rondvatnet .
Halfdan "The Black" Halfdansson was the violent younger brother of Norwegian King Harald "Finehair." Halfdan arrives in Kattegat in Promised, along with the rest of his brother's ships and warriors. There are twenty longships carrying six hundred warriors. When Harald introduces him to Ragnar...
Mar 8, 2024 · Learn about Halfdan the Black, a petty king of Norway who expanded his territory and fathered Harald Fairhair, the first king of Norway. Discover his life, death, and burial mounds from the sagas and archeological finds.
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Dec 13, 2019 · That man was Halfdan the Black (Halfdanr Svarti), born around 810 AD into the legendary Scandinavian dynasty of the Ynglings. Both the Heimskringla and the Fagsrkinna, the sagas of the 12 th century, give us some important details about Halfdan, and thus some history of Harald Fairhair.
