- The
Battle of
Hafrsfjord (Norwegian:
Slaget i
Hafrsfjord) was a
naval battle fought in
Hafrsfjord sometime between 872 and 900 that
resulted in the unification...
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Hafrsfjord or
Hafrsfjorden is a
fjord in the
Stavanger Peninsula in
Rogaland county, Norway. The 9-kilometre (5.6 mi) long
fjord forms the
border between...
- (English:
Swords in Rock) is a
commemorative monument located in the
Hafrsfjord neighborhood of Madla, a
borough of the city of
Stavanger which lies in...
- Harald,
mentions that he took a
Danish wife, and that he won a
battle at
Hafrsfjord. The
second poem
relates a
series of
battles won by a king
called Harald...
-
kings against King
Harald Fairhair (Harald Hår****re) at the
Battle of
Hafrsfjord (Slaget i Hafrsfjorden).
Defeated by Harald,
Kjotve fled; many of his...
- tradition,
Harald Fairhair unified them into one in 872
after the
Battle of
Hafrsfjord in Stavanger, thus
becoming the
first king of a
united Norway. Harald's...
- in
Harald Hår****re's saga (written
around 1220)
before the
battle at
Hafrsfjord,
which historians have
traditionally dated to the year 872, therefore...
- or kongerekka)
begins in 872: the
traditional dating of the
Battle of
Hafrsfjord,
after which victorious King
Harald Fairhair merged several petty kingdoms...
-
Fairhair and parti****ted in the
pivotal late
ninth century Battle of
Hafrsfjord.
After Harald's
victory in that battle, they are
described in the sagas...
- king Erik Eymundsson. In 872,
after a
great victory at the
Battle of
Hafrsfjord near Stavanger,
Harald found himself king over the
whole country. According...
