Olafsson, Halfdan

Birth Name Olafsson, Halfdan
Nick Name Hvitbein White Leg
Gender male
Age at Death 46 years

Narrative

Title: King Uppsala

# Note:

After a season of bad harvests, the woodcutting king [Olof Ingjaldsson] was sacrificed to Odin so that his people might have good crops. He was succeeded by his son Halfdan Whiteleg, who is said to have extended his rule over much of southern Norway. Halfdan died at a ripe old age, was dully placed in a burial mound, and his deeds were sun by the bards.

# Note: [Royal Families of Medieval Scandinavia, Flander & Kiev]

# Note: Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
Page: 243a-15

# Note: One source says father of Gudrod "The Magnificent". The other source has White Leg as gr grandfather. The latter is my genealogy, with Halfdan "The Old" being father of Gudrod.

# Note: Title: Royal Families of Medieval Scandinavia, Flanders, and Kiev, by Rupert Alen & Anna Dahlquist, 1997, King's River Publ., Page: 7

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 704 Romerike, Buskerud, Norway   1
Death 750     1

Age: 46y

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Ingjaldsson, Olaf682710
Mother Halfdansdottir, Solveig684
         Olafsson, Halfdan 704 750

Families

Family of Olafsson, Halfdan and Eysteinsdottir, Asa

Married Wife Eysteinsdottir, Asa ( * 702 + ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 735 Vestfold, Norway Religious Marriage 1
Event Note

M: Abt. 735

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Halfdansson, Eysteinn I725780
Halvdansson, Gudrod780820