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    "army" and wald- "rule". Harald's name is also inscribed on the so-called Curmsun disc, rediscovered in 2014 (but part of a Viking hoard previously discovered...
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    the erection of a statue of Harald Fairhair ... the performance of a Harald musical ... the building of ‘the largest’ Viking ship in the world ... the establishment...
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  • Northmen are given sanctuary in return for fighting against other Viking raiders. When Harald Finehair attempts to raid Wessex, Heahmund fights in the frontline...
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  • Draken Harald Hårfagre (English: Dragon Harald Fairhair) is a large Viking longship built in the municipality of Haugesund, Norway. It is a ship that...
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    historians have often considered Harald's death, which brought an end to his invasion, as the end of the Viking Age. Harald's most famous epithet is Old Norse...
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  • Viking Age, marked by the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066. Sam Corlett as Leif Erikson Frida Gustavsson as Freydís Eiríksdóttir Leo Suter as Harald...
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    subsequent attacks upon the Viking peoples, may have also played a role in Viking pillaging.[citation needed] Harald I of Norway ("Harald Fairhair") had united...
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    according to legends, was a Viking hero and a Swedish and Danish king. He is known from Old Norse poetry of the Viking Age, Icelandic sagas, and near-contemporary...
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  • Erik the Viking is a 1989 British comedy-fantasy film written and directed by Terry Jones. The film was inspired by Jones's children's book The Saga of...
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  • Franzén as King Harald Finehair, a Viking ambitious to become the first King of Norway Jasper Pääkkönen as Halfdan the Black, Harald's violent younger...
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    Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (category Viking warriors)
    (Old Norse: Sigurðr ormr í auga) or Sigurd Áslaugsson was a semi-legendary Viking warrior and Danish king active from the mid to late 9th century. According...
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    Curmsun Disc (category Harald Bluetooth)
    890 oz) and has a diameter of 4.5 centimetres (1.8 in). The Danish Viking king Harald Bluetooth is mentioned in the inscription of the disc. The disc's...
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  • seiðrmann of Kattegat, appearing in visions Peter Franzén as King Harald Finehair, a Viking warlord intended to become the first King of All Norway Eric Johnson...
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  • Harald Greycloak (Old Norse: Haraldr gráfeldr, lit. "Harald Grey-hide"; Norwegian: Harald Gråfell; Danish: Harald Gråfeld; c. 935 – c. 970) was a king...
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  • Vikings is a historical drama television series created and written by Michael Hirst for the History channel, a Canadian network. Filmed in Ireland, it...
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    2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014. Heide, Eldar (2008). "Viking, week, and Widsith. A reply to Harald Bjorvand" (PDF). Arkiv för nordisk filologi. Vol. 123...
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  • Franzén as King Harald Finehair, a Viking ambitious to become the first King of Norway Jasper Pääkkönen as Halfdan the Black, Harald's violent younger...
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  • They went on Viking expeditions together, principally within areas of the Baltic Sea. When the sons of Gunnhild had been banished, Harald Grenske followed...
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    Odin himself intervened and killed Harald. In the Sagas, Sigurd is also known for being the father of the Norse Viking hero and legendary king of Denmark...
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    first restaurant was founded in Tampere in 1997. The Harald restaurants are themed after the Viking Age. The menu, consisting mostly of meat and fish in...
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    Battle of Fulford (category Harald Hardrada)
    south of York in England, on 20 September 1066, when King Harald III of Norway, also known as Harald Hardrada ("harðráði" in Old Norse, meaning "hard ruler")...
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    the more important Viking families in the Low Countries was that of Rorik of Dorestad (based in Wieringen) and his brother Harald (based in Walcheren)...
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    Sweyn Forkbeard (category Viking warriors)
    Gunhild of Wenden: Harald II of Denmark Cnut the Great Estrid Svendsdatter Gytha Gunnhild Santslaue Thyra Rosborn, Sven (2021). The Viking King's Golden Treasure...
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    Jomsborg (category Viking Age populated places)
    translates as "Harald Gormsson king of Danes, Scania, Jomsborg, diocese of Aldinburg". It is claimed that the disc was a part of a Viking hoard found in...
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    Battle of Hafrsfjord (category Harald Fairhair)
    known as the Kingdom of Norway. After the battle, the victorious Viking chief Harald Fairhair proclaimed himself the first king of the Norwegians, merging...
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    temples. Denmark was the first Scandinavian country to Christianize, as Harald Bluetooth declared this around AD 965, and raised the larger of the two...
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    Berserker (redirect from Berserker (viking))
    description of the battle of Hafrsfjord when they fought together for King Harald Fairhair of Norway. In the spring of 1870, four cast-bronze dies, the Torslunda...
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    screenwriter, and director. He is best known for his role as King Harald Finehair in Vikings (2016–2020). Franzén was born in Keminmaa, north Finland. Franzén...
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    Jomsvikings (redirect from Jomsborg vikings)
    translates as "Harald Gormsson king of Danes, Scania, Jomsborg, diocese of Aldinburg". It is assumed that the disc was a part of a Viking hoard found in...
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    The German-Danish War of 974, also known as the Rebellion of Harald Bluetooth, was a conflict between Denmark, under the newly established House of Knýtlinga...
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