Harald I Hårfagre, Harald I of Norway, claimed Orkney and Shetland for his kingdom around 875 and due to political differences and problems had to take military action to secure these isles as realms friendly to his rule at home.
Standing above Karmsund, near Haugesund, is Haraldshaugen, a monument commemorating the traditional burial site for several early Norwegian rulers including Harald I.
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.
Harald I, known as Harald Fairhair, prohibited strandhögg on the Norwegian territory.
The site had probably been named after two Viking Era mounds, which tradition links to two sons of King Harald I, Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf, who was king in Vestfold, and his half-brother, Sigrød Haraldsson, king of Trondheim.
Harald V of Norway | Harald Eia | Harald Hudak | Harald Bohr | Harald Schumacher | Harald Meier | Harald I | Harald Kloser | Harald Bluetooth | Harald Zwart | Harald Stormoen | Harald Penrose | Harald Moltke | Harald Helfgott | Harald Berg | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Harald Welte | Harald Vogel | Harald Victor Hove | Harald Szeemann | Harald Schmid | Harald Prokop | Harald Nielsen | Harald Motzki | Harald Martenstein | Harald Hennum | Harald Haarmann | Harald Edelstam | Harald | Harald Tusberg |