Harald Grenske (10th century) was the son of Gudrød Bjørnsson. Gudrød was a grand-son of Harald Fairhair, and the king of Vestfold. As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. ... Harald Fairhair or Harald Finehair (Old Norse:Haraldr hinn hárfagri, Icelandic:Haraldur hinn hárfagri, Norwegian:Harald HÃ¥rfagre) (c. ... County NO-07 Region Østlandet Administrative centre Tønsberg County mayor   Area  - Total  - Percentage Ranked 18 2,224 km² 0. ...

Harald's cognomen Grenske is due to his being raised in the district of Grenland, Norway. His father was slain when Harald was only 11 years old, by the sons of Gunnhild (i.e. Harald Greyhide and his brothers). Harald fled to Oppland and from there to Sweden, where he stayed with the powerful strongman Skagul Toste. He spent the summers pillaging as a Viking. Grenland is a landscape in the county of Telemark, Norway. ... Harald II (-976), surnamed Gråfell (Norwegian) / Graafeld (Danish) / Greyhide (English), was the son of Eric Bloodaxe and a grandson of Harald Finehair. ... Oppland is a county in Norway, bordering Sør-Trøndelag, Møre og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. ... Skoglar Toste or Skagul Toste (there are several variations) was a Viking from the Swedish province of West Götaland. ... For other uses, see Viking (disambiguation). ...

When the sons of Gunnhild had been banished, Harald Grenske followed Harald Bluetooth and Haakon Sigurdsson to Norway, and under Danish sovereignty, Harald became the king of Vestfold and Agder. He married Asta, the daughter of Gudbrand Kula, but abandoned her to woo Sigrid the Haughty, the daugher of Skagul Toste. Harald Bluetooth Gormson (Danish: Harald BlÃ¥tand, Old Norse: Haraldr blátönn, Norwegian: Harald BlÃ¥tann, German: Harald Blauzahn), was born 911, the son of King Gorm the Old, king of Jutland (i. ... Haakon Sigurdsson Jarl (d. ... Agder is: A traditional district of Norway, see Agder, Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder. ... Ã…sta Gudbrandsdatter (born circa 975/980, died circa 1020/1030) was the mother, from her marriage to Harald Grenske, of Norwegian king Olaf II, renowned as Olaf the Holy (995-1030, reigned 1015 to 1028). ... Sigrid the Haughty, Gunhilda, Sigrid Storråda, Świętosława, (967 - 1014). ...

As Sigrid found him too eager with his entreaties, she had him burnt to death inside a house. His widow, Asta, promptly gave birth to the son Olaf the Stout, a future king of Norway, and was later remarried to Sigurd Syr, the king of Ringerike. Olaf II Haraldsson (995 – July 29, 1030), king from 1015–1028, (known during his lifetime as the Stout and after his canonization as Saint Olaf), was born in the year in which Olaf Tryggvason came to Norway. ... Sigurd Syr Halfdansson (c. ... Ringerike is a municipality in the county of Buskerud, Norway. ...

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