Orkney—a title bequeathed to Sigurd by his brother Rognvald Eysteinsson. A son of Eystein Glumra, Sigurd was a leader in the Viking conquest of what is...

Sigtryg in battle and then defeated Sigtryg's brother and successor Eystein Eysteinsson in a series of battles. Claus Krag. "Halvdan Svarte, Småkonge". Norsk...

century. The Heimskringla saga states that Eystein Glumra was the father of Rognvald Eysteinsson and Sigurd Eysteinsson: "The first earl of the Orkney Islands...

Rognvald Eysteinsson (fl. 865) was the founding Jarl (or Earl) of Møre in Norway, and a close relative and ally of Harald Fairhair, the earliest known...

were rich in game animals. Raum the Old Eystein Halfdansson Halfdan the Mild Sigtryg Eysteinsson Eystein Eysteinsson, brother of Sigtryg Halfdan the Black...

Rulers: Höd Halfdan Hvitbeinn Rulers: Halfdan Hvitbeinn Sigtryg Eysteinsson Eystein Eysteinsson, brother of Sigtryg Halfdan the Black, was king of half of...

Eidsivating. Kings of Hedmarken included: Halfdan Hvitbeinn Sigtryg Eysteinsson Eystein Eysteinsson, brother of Sigtryg Halfdan the Black, King Harald's father...

than the later events the saga describes. The saga states that Rognvald Eysteinsson Earl Rognvald retains the rule of Møre by the King of Norway, Harald...

Brönufostri, subject of the legendary saga Hálfdanar saga Brönufóstra Halfdan Eysteinsson, subject of the legendary saga Hálfdanar saga Eysteinssonar People: Halfdan...

Halfdansson (c. 770) Eystein "Glumra (the Noisy)" Ivarsson, son-in-law of Ragnvald the Mountain-High and father of Ragnvald Eysteinsson (788) Oppland "Opplandene"...

killed the previous ruler, Sigtryg Eysteinsson, in battle. He then defeated Sigtryg's brother and successor Eystein, in a series of battles. This established...

second Halfdan the Old is the purported great-grandfather of Ragnvald Eysteinsson. The eddic poem Hyndluljód states in verses 14–16: Of old the noblest...

Christianity. Before Harald Fairhair, Romsdal was a petty kingdom. Ragnvald Eysteinsson (Ragnvald Mørejarl) was jarl of Møre, which was roughly equivalent to...

Orkney and Shetland had been brought under his rule and given to Ragnvald Eysteinsson, Jarl of Møre. Iceland was more reluctant to give up its independent...

to the Landnámabók, Thorstein Olafsson (fl c. 850-c. 880) and Sigurd Eysteinsson “conquered Caithness, Sutherland and Moray, and more than half of Argyll...

members of the aristocracy were leading in the independence movement. Eystein Eggen has claimed Norway's independence was realised by a 'genuinely aristocratic...

him one of the three most powerful Earls of Orkney along with Sigurd Eysteinsson and Thorfinn Sigurdsson. In the early twelfth century, the Earldom of...