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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 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
Ewald the Black (died c. 695), one of the Two Ewalds, Christian saint and martyr; Fulk III, Count of Anjou (c. 987–1040) Halfdan the Black (c. 810–c. 860), King of Vestfold (in present-day Norway) Halfdan Haraldsson the Black, Norwegian petty king and grandson of the above; Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (1017–1056) Henry IX, Duke of ...
It deals with a conflict between Harald and his son Halfdan, identified in Heimskringla as Halfdan the Black (the Younger), Harald's son by Åsa Håkonsdottir. Finnur Jónsson dates this poem to the late 10th century. If the dating is correct, it is the first instance of Harald having the epithet "fairhair" (hárfagra in the text). However ...
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
Åsa Haraldsdottir of Agder (died c. 834?) was a semi-legendary Norwegian Viking Age queen regnant of the petty kingdom of Agder.According to sagas referencing the clan Yngling (Ynglingaätten), she was the mother of Halfdan the Black (Halvdan Svarte), Sigurd Ring (Sigurd Hringrr) and also grandmother of King Harald Fairhair (Harald Hårfagre) and the legendary King Ragnar Lothbrok (Ragnarr ...
In 2015, Pääkkönen was cast in the fourth season of the History Channel TV series Vikings as Halfdan the Black. [14] Pääkkönen co-starred as a KKK member in Spike Lee's drama BlacKkKlansman, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and was released on 10 August 2018. He starred in Lee's 2020 Netflix production Da 5 Bloods. [15]
They form a close friendship which leads Halfdan to join Lagertha's side when Ivar and Harald declare war. Faced by Harald in battle, he is killed. A composite character of the historical Hastein and historical Halfdan the Black, the father of Harald Fairhair.