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King Halfdan Olafsson

Halfdan was born in 0704 in Romerike, NORWAY. Halfdan's father was King Olaf Ingjaldsson and his mother is Solveig Halfdansdoittir. His paternal grandparents were King Ingald Onundsson and Gauthild Algautsdoittir. He was an only child. He died at the age of 46 in 0750 in Norway.

General Notes
- Halfdan Hvitbeinn (Old Norse: Hálfdan hvítbeinn) was the son of Olof Trätälja of the House of Yngling according to Heimskringla. He lived around A.D. 710.
  
  His father was sacrificed to Odin by the Swedish settlers in Värmland because of a famine. Some Swedes, however, realised that the famine was brought by overpopulation and not by the fact that the king had been neglecting his religious duties.
  
  Consequently, they resolved to cross the Ed Forest and settle in Norway and happened to end up in Soleyar where they killed king Sölve and took Halfdan prisoner. The Swedish expatriates elected Halfdan king as he was the son of their old king, Olof. Halfdan subjugated all of Soleyar and took his army into Romerike and subjugated that province as well.
  
  Halfdan was to become a great king, who married Åsa, the daughter of king Eystein, the ruler of Oppland and Hedmark. They had two sons, Öystein Halfdansson and Gudröd.
  
  Halfdan conquered a large part of Hedemark, Toten, Hadeland and a part of Vestfold. When his brother Ingjald Olofsson died, he inherited Wermelandia. Halfdan died of old age in Toten and was transported to Vestfold where he was buried under a mound.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Eystein Adilsson King Of Sweden ^*
  - b.  0590 in Sweden
  
  Ingvar Eysteinsson King Of Sweden
  - b.  0610 in Sweden
  
  Onund Invarsson King Of Sweden
  - b.  0638 in Sweden
  
  King Ingald Onundsson
  - b.  0660 in Uppsala, Sweden
  
  King Olaf Ingjaldsson
  - b.  0682 in Vermaland, Sweden d.  0710 in Norway
  
  Gauthild Algautsdoittir
  - b.  0664 in Sweden
  
  King Halfdan Olafsson
  - b.  0704 in Romerike, NORWAY d.  0750 in Norway
  
  Solveig Halfdansdoittir
  - b.  0684 in Soleyum, Sweden
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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