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  Hole, Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint Olaf (king of Norway from 1015 to 1028) was born in Hole, near where the 12th century Bønsnes church is located, to Harold Grenske (a grandson of Harald I of Norway) and his wife Asta.
HARALD HÅRDRÅDE reigned from 1046 to 1066 and was the half brother of Olav Haraldsson.
One of the most famous is Harald Harfargr ("Harald with the beautiful hair"), the son of Halvdan Svarte.
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 Science Fair Projects - Harald I of Norway
Harald was therefore induced to take a vow not to cut nor comb his hair until he was sole king of Norway, and that ten years later he was justified in trimming it; whereupon he exchanged the epithet "Shockhead" for the one by which he is usually known.
Their numbers were increased by malcontents from Norway, who resented Harald's claim of rights of taxation over lands, which the possessors appear to have previously held in absolute ownership.
At last Harald was forced to make an expedition to the west to clear the islands and Scottish mainland of Vikings.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Harald_Harfargr   (605 words)

  
 Ringerike - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sigurd Hjort Helgasson, a king of Ringerike, was the father of Ragnhild, the mother of Harald Harfargr, unifier of Norway.
Following Harald's consolodation of Norway in the late 800's, the kingdom appears to have been ruled by a series of local jarls and client kings.
A later subking of Ringerike, Sigurd Syr, was the father of Harald Hardrada.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ringerike   (268 words)

  
 Harald I of Norway - All About All   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Harald was therefore induced to take a vow not to cut nor comb his hair until he was sole king of Norway, and that ten years later, he was justified in trimming it; whereupon he exchanged the epithet "Shockhead" or "Tanglehair" for the one by which he is usually known.
In 866, Harald made the first of a series of conquests over the many petty kingdoms which then composed Norway, including those which had sworn allegiance to the Swedish king Erik Eymundsson.
When he grew old, Harald handed over the supreme power to his favourite son Eirik Bloodaxe, whom he intended to be his successor.
www.allaboutall.info /article/Harald_I_of_Norway   (709 words)

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