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Leaves' Eyes, a symphonic metal band from Germany, wrote the album King of Kings about Harald and his conquests. In the video games Crusader Kings II and Crusader Kings III, Harald Fairhair is a playable character during the 867 start date. Harald Fairhair is mentioned in the manga series Vinland Saga as the tyrannical unifier of Norway.
In his career he has appeared in Finnish, Estonian, German, English, Swedish, and Hungarian speaking roles. In 2015, Franzén was cast as King Harald Finehair from the fourth season of Vikings. [4] Franzén has also been cast in Amazon Prime Video's The Wheel of Time TV series. [5]
Kingdom of Norway (red) in 1020, with the territory of Finnmark. The Fairhair Dynasty is traditionally regarded as the first royal dynasty of the united kingdom of Norway.It was founded by Harald I of Norway, known as Haraldr hinn hárfagri (Harald Fairhair or Finehair), the first King of Norway (as opposed to "in Norway"), who defeated the last resisting petty kings at the Battle of ...
Harald's army arrives in Wessex. Ubbe goes to speak with Harald, offering a large sum of money for him to leave. Later Magnus arrives to join Harald, inadvertently alerting him that Ubbe and Alfred have set a trap. Harald's army, cut off by a fire started by Ubbe, charges the English. The English take the upper hand, killing Jarl Olavsonn.
The Norwegian monarch is the head of state of Norway, which is a constitutional and hereditary monarchy with a parliamentary system.The Norwegian monarchy can trace its line back to the reign of Harald Fairhair and the previous petty kingdoms which were united to form Norway; it has been in unions with both Sweden and Denmark for long periods.
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Son of Harald I and Ragnhild Eriksdotter Gunnhild Gormsdóttir Eight children c. 952/954 England: Haakon I Haraldsson [6] Haakon the Good c. 934–960 (Non-contemporary) c. 915–920 Son of Harald I and Tora Mosterstong Never married: c. 960/961 Håkonshella (near Bergen) Harald II Ericsson [4] [7] Harald Greycloak c. 961–970 – c. 935
The three eldest, Hallad, Einarr and Hrollaug, were natural sons of Rognvald, and were "grown men when their brothers born in marriage were still children". [9] [10] Ivar was killed on an campaign with King Harald Finehair, which resulted in the Norðreyar being gifted to his family as compensation.