Harald Fairhair - Norway’s High King (Old Norse Song)

[@SkaldBard]

Here is another song I wrote and performed in Old Norse based on Snorri Sturluson’s Saga of Harald Fairhair. The song recounts Harald’s motives and experiences in uniting Norway under one king for the first time - and why he gained the nickname he did! Please subscribe if you’d like to see more! If you would like to support my work, you could also buy me a coffee :) buymeacoffee.com/theskaldicbard

[@Novand1]

You deserve a medal from the king and Norwegian citizenship for this song...

[@SkaldBard]

@@Novand1 Hah, thanks for the awesome comment

[@Novand1]

@@SkaldBard I came home from the Valhall oil platform yesterday, i have been listening to your songs for several hours now whilr my cat and wife is complaining. JÆVLIG BRA MUSIKK!!!

[@SkaldBard]

@@Novand1 Haha, love it

[@AndrewSimon-lx4tu]

The most underrated artist I’ve ever come across, keep doing what your doing 🙏

[@grandmarshallsteve]

Gotta say I adore this one's fast, upbeat tone, and your wife's part is excellent Great song about a great man!

[@Bjorn_Algiz]

This was so powerful and strong.

[@Northy777.]

I am a direct blood relative of Harald, I have struggled with anger alot and i just now got to know that he was a berserker part time and i think that explains alot.

[@Novand1]

Jaha, har du en litt tøvete bestefar som kommer med grandiose påstander kanskje? Det er jo helt umulig å vite pga dette var hundrevis av år før kirkebøkene kom på banen...

[@minthiankingdom]

I also am a direct blood relative of Harald's father, Halfdan the black.

[@Northy777.]

@@minthiankingdom Really? nice to meet you brother

[@haroldgōdwinessunu]

I'm also one, ironically I also descend from Loðbrok & Ælfred the Great, though what proper Englishman or Northman isn't?

[@N.O.R.E.G]

omfavn sinnet

[@dannyteoharov8298]

Would you consider making an HD Remake of this oh, so wonderful tune?

[@coffeehousedialogue]

Is nobody going to mention that fact the whole of Norway was founded upon a war one guy fought to win over a woman!? That is so wrong, yet so funny!

[@crusaderACR]

And it took ten years!!

[@iberius9937]

Interesting parallel with the Trojan War.

[@ChodeMaster]

And then made her one of his concubines, absolutely based.

[@calcaleb7041]

Well he did take a wife Asa during that time so it was a win win

[@ariseaman390]

Similar thing is going on at the moment. The Holy Mother of God is gathering her forces to beat Allah. If that isn't domestic violence I don't know what is.

[@jakvos342]

Extremely epic, favorite one yet ngl (and not just because im Norwegian i swear)

[@SkaldBard]

Hah! Glad to hear it, min venn

[@panjacek2273]

Amazing work as always

[@JorgeTrejo23]

Such an epic piece! Thanks a lot!

[@iberius9937]

Your wife's lovely voice compliments this sublime work! Your vocals are solid as always as is the instrumentation and melody.

[@pmw5967]

Great song, mix of rhythms was really good idea. Vocals and music shows good spirit😉😇

[@jandaly-ou3wf]

Another brilliant song, thanks

[@primescore]

Pure epicness!

[@primescore]

Instant subscription

[@Renan.Parente]

Nice work, friend Skald. You write and sing very well.

[@jenwys3191]

Just discovered your content and I love it already. Thanks for sharing your talents with the world

[@SkaldBard]

Thanks for this :-) glad you're enjoying it

[@magneticed]

its amazing song! could you make a song about Halfdan Ragnarsson or Rjurik of Novgorod?

[@SkaldBard]

Thanks and cool ideas! Will see what I can come up with :-)

[@magnushutchison4920]

Amazing song!! Hoping to hear more songs from you soon, love all your Nordic song's, makes me feel close to my ancestors.

[@SkaldBard]

Thank you, friend - more coming for sure

[@Gray-Wolf-024]

Same here. He's done am amazing job. I too have mostly Scandinavian ancestry and this does make me feel closer to them. I even bought myself a Mjölnir, haha!

[@dergerullanderproductions4870]

Great work, it would be epic if you made a song about the Goths, Vandals, Scythians or some other migration/classical era tribe, perhaps then even in the Gothic and/or Scythian language : )

[@SkaldBard]

Been considering trying my hand at Gothic! Thanks for the suggestions :-)

[@MrMorgan316]

@@SkaldBard Wanna try a Proto-Western Germanic song I wrote? It's a translation of the Middle German song Palastinalied. Although my translation is not 100% accurate to Western Germanic it is close.

[@alexpenalo4684]

I’m just love old Norse!

[@TorTyr-z9h]

I love my native tongue Swedish. I recognize most words on this song

[@davidtyler-ul9vw]

Quite amazing! 😊 👏 👏 👏

[@bshbhyuh]

You are famous now! I love your songs, they bring honor to the Christian Norsemen in an age where the pagans are exalted above their descendants who found the faith.

[@SkaldBard]

Thank you!

[@TrueNativeScot]

I'd rather exalt ancestors who knew their true ancestral religion rather than ones who abandoned their own tradition for jewish subversion

[@bingchilling09]

Because paganism was their true religion

[@kolsveinnskraevolding]

This song is about a pagan.

[@LukeTheGreat1]

@@bingchilling09it wasnt.

[@nikosaurus4238]

Splendid

[@MrMorgan316]

Good song!

[@TorTyr-z9h]

Finehair was such a fking boss

[@meusisto]

Since you ask suggestions, I would dare say one: you have been intercultural in the past (Christendom is this after all) when you did the prayer by st. Francis. What about a saga about the glorious deeds of st. Stephen of Hungary?

[@soslanroseft4750]

In fact, the channel concentrates more than anything else in the Nordic Christian world

[@SkaldBard]

Cheers for the suggestion, will definitely be looking to branch out so I'll keep this one in mind :) thanks for the support

[@snefokk_i_heiene]

this is very good!

[@sirnilsolav6646]

All hail Dróttin Norðmanna!

[@teyanuputorti7927]

So epic

[@magnushutchison4920]

Will you remaster this? 😁

[@user-zk5uj3wh5h]

Greata song as always. Personaly i think that maybe the singing was a bit low compared to the music so was harder to hear the words compared to your other works. But amazing nontheless.

[@SkaldBard]

Thanks for the kind words and feedback!

[@ariseaman390]

Got to remember though that music was really simple at the time. Polyphony and counter point were not invented. On a positive note though... It is really catchy and would do well in a TV series or a film. Keep up the good work. You have a 👍🍻

[@SkaldBard]

Thanks! And yeah, my objective isn't actually to produce authentic music, it's to showcase history and old languages

[@ariseaman390]

@@SkaldBardYes. History is important. How many wars have been fought since those times? There are couple of conflicts going on at the moment. Have you ever listened to Jøn Leifs' Saga Symphony? Hekla, to me it's like everything is rumbling and you don't know exactly when the eruption is going to happen.

[@veliborkovacevic947]

I adore your work🙏🏼 your songs, rhythm, voice, style, text… just amazing Work!! If I can give a advice - make it posible that we can click on the link to pay you a lot of caffee;) It’s not working to click the link either to copy it.. and it’s to much letters to do it by my self😄 Greetings!

[@SkaldBard]

Thanks a lot for your comment! Thanks for letting me know that the link isn't working either - does this work? www.buymeacoffee.com/theskaldicbard/c/5187159?uid=3194985

[@veliborkovacevic947]

Yes it works ☀️

[@soslanroseft4750]

excellent song man why don't you do an ingor the old man and his trip to persia

[@SkaldBard]

Good suggestion! Cheers :-)

[@langskeppet9887]

Ingvar Vittfarne was a awesome character

[@qbpdnguyen2844]

3:11 "skibidi" 💀

[@gutanman]

GET OU-

[@kuurush]

Amazing, although I noticed that your voice isn't very clear in it. Besides that, it's epic and beautiful.

[@Gray-Wolf-024]

How did you come up with the lyrics? Did you simply read the saga and learn Old Norse pronunciation or did you have more sources? I ask because I was considering trying to teach myself [at least some] Old Norse.

[@denisestevens2540]

My 27th GGF

[@glishev]

Harald Fairhair must have been a Balrog: he killed Gandalf.

[@ChodeMaster]

Harald > Støhre

[@cherylglenn1304]

'Promo SM'

[@ivanivanov1782]

Like turkish song