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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Harald Wartooth or Harold Hiltertooth (Old Norse: Haraldr hilditǫnn; Modern Swedish and Danish: Harald Hildetand; Modern Norwegian: Harald Hildetann) was...
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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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    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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    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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    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 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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    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 Long Ships (category Harald Bluetooth)
    the political situation of Europe in the later Viking Age, Andalusia under Almansur, Denmark under Harald Bluetooth, followed by the struggle between Eric...
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  • Haakon Sigurdsson (category 10th-century Vikings)
    conspired with Harald Bluetooth against Harald Greycloak. The two arranged the death of Harald Greycloak around 971, after which Harald Bluetooth invited...
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    Rollo (redirect from Rollo the Viking)
    (Norman: Rou, Rolloun; Old Norse: Hrólfr; French: Rollon; died in 933) was a Viking who, as Count of Rouen, became the first ruler of Normandy, a region in...
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  • Viking Fotballklubb, commonly known as Viking or Viking Stavanger internationally, is a Norwegian professional football club from the city of Stavanger...
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    Knowledge about military technology of the Viking Age (late 8th to mid-11th century Europe) is based on relatively sparse archaeological finds, pictorial...
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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 1639 and 1734 respectively, two vastly decorated...
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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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    his people. Harald relinquished his claims to Denmark in 1064, in exchange for Sweyn's recognition of Harald as Harald III of Norway. Harald then sailed...
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    Hiddensee treasure (category Harald Bluetooth)
    The Hiddensee treasure is a hoard of Viking gold artifacts found in 1873 on the German island of Hiddensee in the Baltic Sea by chance, during rebuilding...
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    represented in the first place by Harald Klak (812-813, 819-827), based its claim on being kinsmen of a former King Harald. This Harald may have been a predecessor...
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    Blood eagle (category Viking practices)
    Heimskringla/Harald Harfager's Saga#Halfdan Haleg's Death. There are two sources that purport to describe Torf-Einarr's ritual execution of Harald Fairhair's...
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    Danelaw (redirect from Viking Britain)
    of a Northern Viking Kingdom stretching from York to Dublin and the Isles. 1002 – St. Brice's Day massacre of the Danes 1066 − Harald Hardrada landed...
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  • Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a 2021 Viking fantasy action role-playing video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is the twelfth...
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