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    which wiped out his army. Historians often consider Harald's death the end of the Viking Age. Harald's most famous epithet is Old Norse harðráði, which has...
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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 beginning of the end of the Viking Age and the adventures of Leif Erikson, his sister Freydís Eiríksdóttir and Harald Sigurdsson. The broad historical...
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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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  • 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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  • beginning of the end of the Viking Age. Sam Corlett as Leif Erikson Frida Gustavsson as Freydís Eiríksdóttir Leo Suter as Harald Sigurdsson Bradley Freegard...
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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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    Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (category Viking warriors)
    (Old Norse: Sigurðr ormr í auga) or Sigurd Ragnarsson was a semi-legendary Viking warrior and Danish king active from the mid to late 9th century. According...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Vikings is a historical drama television series created and written by Michael Hirst. A co-production between Canada and Ireland, the series originally...
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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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    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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    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, a claimant to the English throne and Tostig...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    Danish king, Harald Bluetooth, to secure Otto's position and ensure stability in preventing Viking raids. When Otto died in 973, King Harald leaped at the...
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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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    Viking activity in the British Isles occurred during the Early Middle Ages, the 8th to the 11th centuries CE, when Scandinavians travelled to the British...
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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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  • Harald Sigtryggsson (Old Irish: Aralt mac Sitric; Old Norse: Haraldr Sigtryggsson [ˈhɑrˌɑldz̠ ˈsiɣˌtryɡːsˌson], died 940) was a Viking leader who ruled...
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    However, he is most notable for playing the main role of Harald Sigurdsson in the Netflix series Vikings: Valhalla (2022–2024). Suter was born in London, son...
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    Battle of Stamford Bridge (category Harald Hardrada)
    King Harald's Saga p. 149. Whittock, Martyn; Whittock, Hannah (31 August 2016). "Autumn 1066: the Norwegian invasion". 1018 and 1066: Why the Vikings Caused...
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