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unusual facts about Harald Fairhair



Jón korpur Hrafnsson

His mother, Þuríður, was a direct descendant of Þóra Magnúsdóttir daughter of Magnus III of Norway a direct descendant of Harald Fairhair (Haraldur hárfagri) founder of the Fairhair dynasty the first royal dynasty of the united Norway, and a branch of the Ynglings (also see Ynglinga saga).

Nór

The saga says that Eystein, son of Thrand and Dagmær, married Ása, a daughter of Sigurd Hart (the maternal grandfather of Harald Fairhair), and she bore him Halfdan, the hero of the saga.


see also

Olaf Haraldsson

Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf (died in 934), reputed son of King Harald Fairhair of Norway

Sigurd Syr

Doubt has also been cast on Sigurd Rise, a relatively obscure son of Harald Fairhair by a Sami girl named Snæfrid.

Strandhögg

Harald I, known as Harald Fairhair, prohibited strandhögg on the Norwegian territory.