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"Fairhair" redirects here. For the royal house, see Fairhair dynasty.
Quick facts for kids Harald Fairhair | |||||
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Harald Fairhair (left) in an illustration from the fourteenth-century Flateyjarbók. | |||||
| King of Norway | |||||
| Reign | putatively – | ||||
| Successor | Eric Bloodaxe | ||||
| Born | putatively c.
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| Died | putatively c. Rogaland, Norway | ||||
| Burial | Haraldshaugen in Haugesund | ||||
| Spouse | Ragnhild the Mighty Åsa Håkonsdotter Snjófríthr/Snæfrithr Svásadottir | ||||
| Issue more | Eric Bloodaxe Haakon the Good | ||||
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| Dynasty | Fairhair | ||||
| Father | Halfdan the Black | ||||
| Mother | Ragnhild Sigurdsdotter | ||||
| Religion | Norse Paganism | ||||
Harald Fairhair (c.
– c. ) was a Norwegian king.
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According to traditions current in Norway and Iceland in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, he reigned from c. to and was the first King of Norway. Supposedly, two of his sons, Eric Bloodaxe and Haakon the Good, succeeded Ha