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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. Although he has his own saga in Heimskringla, it lacks any skaldic verse, which is normally used by Snorri as supporting evidence and this, combined with its rather legendary character, leads historians to be wary of seeing much ...
Olaf Gudrødsson (c. 810 – c. 860), [1] known after his death as Olaf Geirstad-Alf "Olaf, Elf of Geirstad" (Old Norse Ólafr Geirstaðaalfr), was a semi-legendary petty king in Norway. A member of the House of Yngling , he was the son of Gudrød the Hunter and according to the late Heimskringla , a half-brother of Halfdan the Black .
Sigurd Hart or Sigurd Hjort was a legendary king of Ringerike (modern central south Norway), during the late 9th or early 10th centuries. he is mentioned in Ragnarssona þáttr ("The Tale of Ragnar's Sons") and in Halvdan Svartes saga ("Halfdan the Black's Saga").
Halfdan Hvitbeinn (part of Vestfold) Eystein Halfdansson Eriks son in law; Halfdan the Mild Eysteins son; Gudrød the Hunter Son of Halfdan; Halfdan the Black Ruled half the kingdom. Son of Gudrød. Olaf Gudrødsson Ruled half the kingdom. Son of Gudrød. Ragnvald the Mountain-High; Bjørn Farmann; Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf, brother of Bjørn
Halfdan Gudrödarson or Halfdan the Black, (9th century?) king of Vestfold; Haraldr Guðrøðarson, mid thirteenth-century King of the Isles; Lǫgmaðr Guðrøðarson, late eleventh-century King of the Isles; Ólafr Guðrøðarson (died 941), Irish-Viking leader who ruled Dublin and Viking Northumbria
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 .
When Halfdan dies, On returns to Upsal while being already 60 years old and sacrifices his own son to Odin, who tells him that he will live 60 years more. King On rules in Upsal for 25 years until Ole the Bold, a Halfdan's nephew, attacks the kingdom. On flees to Gotland for the second time, losing the throne to Ole, who reigns over Sweden for ...
The wife of Halfdan the Black (c. 810 – c. 860) A woman who lived during the late 9th and/or early 10th centuries, who was the daughter of Sigurd Hart of the Dagling clan . While some traditional accounts portray these two figures as the same woman, they (and their relatives) lived in differing periods.