The Legendary Rise of Harald Fairhair

A short documentary about the early life and rise to power by Viking King Harald Fairhair with a tour through the regions of Norway where he lived.
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Harald Fairhair (c. 850 - c. 932) was a Norwegian king. According to traditions current in Norway and Iceland in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, he reigned from c. 872 to 930 and was the first King of Norway. Supposedly, two of his sons, Eric Bloodaxe and Haakon the Good, succeeded Harald to become kings after his death. Much of Harald's biography is uncertain. A couple of praise poems by his court poet Þorbjörn Hornklofi survive in fragments, but the extant accounts of his life come from sagas set down in writing around three centuries after his lifetime. His life is described in several of the Kings' sagas, none of them older than the twelfth century. Their accounts of Harald and his life differ on many points, but it is clear that in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries Harald was regarded as having unified Norway into one kingdom.
Harald is mentioned in several sagas, some which quotes supposedly older skaldic poetry. If the linguistic dating of the poems are correct, they represent the earliest accounts of Harald Fairhair.
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[@Nate-dj9nt]

Come to England one day and do a historic viking documentary like this one about England. Please.

[@sarahgilbert8036]

We took the kids to Battle when they were learning of William the Conqueror at school in France. They got a guide-headset each, and ran around identifying the places they were told about, coming back to us to share their knowledge 😊 At the end of it, they both said "So it was real!? Not just something in a school book!" We went on to visit Alesia when Vercingetorix turned up in their history books.

[@thequestlordsteviequest]

This is a norse channel not for british and English folk,

[@sarahgilbert8036]

@@thequestlordsteviequest you do realize the two are intertwined, right? York was founded by the Danes, the Norse overall were very much masters at both the Isle of Man and Dublin, Scotland wasn't left out either.

[@outfromtheshadows]

@@thequestlordsteviequest I suggest you do your homework before posting comments that make you look stupid.

[@barleypop4me]

Fascinating video, thank you! Through research I found that King Harald "Fair Hair" Halvdansson is my 26th great grandfather.

[@JohnMelland]

Hello from Emmett Idaho. Learning about my Norwegian ancestry from the farmers of North Dakota to Norway. My other is Ojibwe and Cree Indian and French. Heinze 57. LOL . Awesome video my brother! 👍🏼😍👍🏼

[@chungus_khan]

Taino 🇵🇷 on my mother's side & Hiberno-Norse 🇮🇪🇳🇴 on my father's side

[@UBBATHERED]

i do love learning more about Viking age from Norway!! I'm from Jorvik and i love the history we have here!! But learning more from where they all came from is such an amazing thing! Thanks man

[@sanderson9338]

Capitulater i am pictish from Aberdeenshire these folk never came here for long 😅

[@csstrucking7046]

Love it! My daughter found out I'm a direct descendant after I was already a huge fan!

[@ExtremelyMoist]

Fantastisk video! Du har en veldig behagelig og jordnær væremåte og hadde jeg hadd deg som lærer hadde jeg nok fått bedre en 3 i historie😂hold det gående!!

[@Azrael1st]

I got a 3 in history as well 😂

[@VanaheimrUllr]

Gammelnorsk historie (førreformatisk) var kjedelig fremstilt fra det jeg husker. Tor med hammeren som lagde lyn og vi ble som 10-åringer satt til å lese Håvamål på gammelnorsk. Skjønte jo ikke bæret.

[@gregoryleevandall1880]

Ty for continuing these amazing videos my friend I hope life is treating you very well 😊 ✌️ ❤

[@ymidnightblue9543]

I am an American who wanted to know about my ancestors. Every since I was a boy I always enjoyed watching battles. My favorite TV shows were war movies. I've always had a desire to be a Warrior so I joined the US military. I graduated at the top of my class fired expert when I've never shot a rifle before in my life. However I did shoot a recurve 45lb bowl. And was pretty damn good at that. So I took the 23 and me ancestry test Is to find out what my lineage was. To my surprise it goes from Northern Ireland to northern England. Then to Norway. It actually said Scandinavia. So I'm not surprised at my ancestors were of a Warrior class of people.

[@shuadubya5709]

I found this channel when you had like barely 10k subs. Just checked back in after awhile and wow. Good for you dude. Thor smiles upon you.

[@L0wKii]

Agreed! I found his first few videos wayyy back when I thi k I was one of the frist few k followers. Watching the growth and community has been awesome❤

[@samanthasavarese7631]

Glad you brought back the history videos :) Not an hour long but nice documentary style here! Make it a bit longer next time. Nice to see the historical sites. Keep on pushing 🙌

[@Capt.K]

I greatly appreciate your works. As an American of Norwegian decent I love stories of old.

[@TheNorsemanRedbeard]

Excellent episode from my favorite Norse History Channel.

[@frost8077]

In American schools, Norway was hardly mentioned in world history class, which is pretty strange considering it was a big influence to the rest of Europe and had a sizable amount of immigration and historical records. World history in the textbook was mostly Greece, Rome, and England, followed by Italy, France, and Spain. Anyone Germanic was often used in the history book as the antagonist of historical events despite our population size and historical contributions. It was probably Catholic Italian-Americans who wrote the history books, and then everybody else followed the same story generations later. I would've expected a more fair distribution by the time I was in high school. My teachers hated my drive to learn more about Germany, even though they were the ones who pushed so hard about cultural heritage to begin with, but I'd rather not get into my life story of trying to be a German-American in South Florida.

[@torstenscott7571]

You make some valid points, and I cannot help but think about during the early 20th century when Leif Erikson was being talked about in regards to early exploration in the western hemisphere, the Italian catholic community became furious while protesting any theories that contradicted the "Columbus discovered America" history. More Americans by far are of Germanic descent, yet it gets scant mention in history classes.

[@frost8077]

@@torstenscott7571 I've been hearing more talk lately about the idea of Greeks and Egyptians reaching America before that. I think ancient people traveled around far more than people think they did. You didn't have to worry so much about passports and hotel prices back then, just food and camping gear.

[@bluefish4999]

I'm from Ohio originally, more German heritage there, we also had, outside the cities the Amish and Mennonites, there are towns in Ohio were the Germans and Indians started communities together and intermarried, we also made pork and sauerkraut for New Years Day. Been in South Florida myself for many years.

[@frost8077]

@@bluefish4999 There's a German restaurant in Davie called Wunderbar Sports Bar & Grill worth a visit if you like beer and schnitzel. We also have the local brewery Funky Buddha with their really good hefeweisen called Floridian. I actually like it more than Shock Top and Blue Moon.

[@JBguitar-cj8pc]

Definitely

[@rwundert4773]

Great Video. Super strukturiert und schöne Bilder!!

[@Harald1952]

Willkommen alle zusammen ! Vielen Dank für dieses Video und viele Grüße von einem anderen Harald !

[@margomaloney6016]

EXCELLENT video - takk! Wonderful video footage & super narrative! Keep them coming! 🥰

[@GhostFox.]

That thar's my 39th great grandfather. So even though I'm wiping sleep from my eyes, I'll stop to care a moment and watch. :-p

[@indigogray1644]

I honestly didn’t know who he was until I found him in lineage.

[@joeblow1748]

From my undersranding the artist making the swords it symbolises the nesesery blodshed Norway spillt to unite as one strong nation and the final swords set in stone is planted deeply into the ground as a final end of how we got to were we are today. Reminens our past but finished with fighting ourselves. As a former art student its one of my favorites so fucking epic it gives me goose bumps

[@cancersunpiscesmoon]

I really enjoyed this video thank you!!!!

[@GayleStenson-od2kn]

My dad was Norwegian and worked with Swedes whom he’d kid by saying, “ 100,000 Swedes running thru the weeds chased by one Norwegian! He never shared what they said back but I bet as good!

[@annieg3489]

Love this historic docu, fantastic video, really appreciate all the work put into this😊Now I'm a fan of Harald Fairhair🙂, this is history brought to life!Thank you!!! ❤

[@the_card_closet]

Takk!

[@fredriks5090]

His actual burial mound is some random hill besides a roundabout near Avaldsnes (haralds/augvaldsnes)

[@Terrierized]

Fine work 🎯

[@marktotham6193]

Great content

[@cpullic]

Great post . 🍺⚔️

[@Mark-mu4pj]

Thanks great video.

[@sirstinkalot9121]

this is so awesome, I was i Norge 1 month ago. Fra Oslo to Bergen and a stop i Voss, your country is majestic. Thanks for the background information

[@Somewhere-In-Canada]

Tak. Great video.

[@SterlingSigurdsen]

I used to live near Skien, in vestfold. I did not know how close this was to me. I have also been to Haugesund to visit the fame Harold Fairhari

[@HistoryWolfCZ]

I'm just reading Eric Schumacher's novel series about Haakon Haraldsson. It's pretty good with many information about Harald himself, Eric Bloodaxe and other people from the sagas. I would recommend it to anyone interested in historical novels, if I may be so bold. 🙂

[@AgeCobra]

That was good thanks

[@-RONNIE]

Thank you for the really good video ⚔️

[@vikingodin1986]

You need to do another one of these

[@rickardt1222]

Great documentary! 🍻

[@InFamousWolf96]

Hell Yeah I'm Been Looking Forward For this 🐺 Harald FairHair

[@torstenscott7571]

Great content, your video and instructional quality just continues to improve.

[@bladehoner3185]

Harald- one of my favorites!⚡

[@johnmclaughlin5660]

Thank you , fascinating! 🍷💜🔥

[@ingemariesongbird]

Thank you so much. I may not make it to Norway, but your channel brings me close.

[@Sarciaax]

Another great video! 🤓

[@jackd3808]

Great video and very informative. We need more men like Harald Fairhair.

[@seandavis624]

Great job. This was awesome. You've done a great job of condensing information. Not an easy task for a subject that could be hours of video. Looking forward to the next one

[@revagencesavage1883]

By any chance do you think they will make a movie based on him What about your life That would be awesome

[@patriknagy5601]

Oh yes woopi goldberg would be an amazing Harald

[@revagencesavage1883]

Yes I agree

[@lisachelton4599]

Thank you! I am a direct descendent.

[@wecanseeu2]

Great info!! Apparently I’m one of 100 million or so descendants of his so I’m always interested by stories of him.

[@ourianahandcrafted]

Great video (as always)! Loved the AI generated pics, especially of battle scenes. The hands and some of the armour/weapons are hilarious 😂

[@michaelbehrens1660]

My new favorite channel. Ordered some socks and beard products. Lot of out of stock on the shop…I want to support more by getting all those socks and the German arm ring! Keep building your brand.

[@brunolisenko8488]

Nice intro, bror!

[@Hardrada88]

Once again, very interesting and nice to see your landscape. Ah i see someone mentioned England's. I can't recall where it was, maybe kent? But i visited an area where a vikingr winter camp was. I think part of the 'great heathen army'. Very curious as the saxon church was used as the gatehouse to the encampment. There was even small shipyard and a burial/cremation area. Keep up the good work my friend:)

[@brunoehrnvall6633]

i have a question. im going to norway(trondheim) this summer and i was wondering if you know any good spots to visit. for examples any runestones, great battles or like some kind of museum. please let me know if you know any places i should visit. thank you for your great content!

[@allenwilhelm7799]

Smashing that early life

[@claystephenson9742]

One of my favorite kings form Norway

[@HansYolo4K]

King Canute next? or maybe you’ve made one and i haven’t found it

[@peggyhoffman3407]

Always love ur content. Ur such a good narrator. Great video❤

[@mrman2345]

Love this

[@EricTheBroBean]

Sandefjord Sandefjord Sandefjooord!

[@lukebaker2546]

WHEN ARE YOUR COMMUNITIES AVAILABLE FOR BUY-IN ?

[@vilijanac]

Vikings also have some not-so-known, the Thourn Whaul of old ways, master in the woods. North people would give an offer to this wizard their child not wanted. Cruel not to ask if wants any.

[@tracyewens3814]

❤❤❤

[@charlesghannoumlb2959]

Reat video my northern friend

[@StarlitJourneys]

Imagine if you could interview Harald, what would you ask about?

[@neliusgrieshaber2685]

I'm a South African with a lot of alleged Scandinavian ancestry. A few websites have confirmed that I am a descendant of Harald Fairhair, Ragnar Lodbrok, and unfortunately "saint" Olav as well. I love your videos and I would love to think that we are somehow related through at least one of these famous kings. I feel a deep connection to all you talk about and I would like to do my own research as well. My DNA test is also on its way, so let us see if this connection is truly as deep as I feel it is. My heritage in Europe and the British Isles should make this interesting

[@asgrim1513]

And how does the Website confirmed to you that u actually are a descendant form 3 legendary different kings? Right they don't, because most of the 50$ heritage kits are bullshit, u can't know that you're a descendant of for example Ragnar because it's unknown if he even existed to the extent or if it were multiple people at once. So please stop writing cringe shit like that.

[@neliusgrieshaber2685]

@@asgrim1513 I did say alleged ancestry. I can't say that this is real, but I can say that you're being a dick. I never claimed to fully believe these websites. I'm sorry to have offended you this much. Maybe get away from your keyboard and go touch some grass.

[@daviddanielsson3643]

Hey! He didn't defeat us, we only backed down because his hair was so long and smelly. Not combing or washing your hair for years is unfair in battle. Jokes aside, Glad midsommar from Sweden. Love your videos, man. :)

[@TheNorsemanRedbeard]

😂

[@L0wKii]

🤣😂

[@sanderson9338]

We bailed u out in 1944 so in the long game ww are winning

[@skylerthacreator]

You know anything about Rollo's Norwegians leaving Norway to Wales and the France area to make the Normans?

[@TheWisdomOfTheAges_PsyM_Revd]

1:55 ulaf and halftam were the last two confirmed descendants

[@kurtbogle2973]

You have me mystified. The Viking were never beat in a sea battle. OK so what was their technique. How did they attack and also defend themselves. Is there any record of this?

[@martyheresniak5203]

Who is the artist for all the portraits of the kings? It's very high end comic book style with a dash of Tom of Finland's repressed sexuality.

[@jimbombadill]

I thought Ynglingaätten was decended from Frej not Odin?

[@davidstout7846]

We need Age of Empire do a campaign of him.

[@sarahgilbert8036]

Hakadal sa du, og i mitt hode kom "Kjerringa med staven" 😂 Vi bodde noen steinkast fra sverdene da jeg var liten, jeg hadde utsyn til indre Hafrsfjord fra mitt pikeværelse.

[@nickdishno3644]

Are you Ola Englund’s brother lol. All jokes aside you two look very related.

[@daylonskaflestad7965]

They say he was born in rogaland or sogn. Is there truth to this? Also my family comes from sogn. What do you know about it?

[@MrLifestream1]

👌👍🤘👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@GayleStenson-od2kn]

Uh oh. Missed that very saying was in the video. My bad.

[@PeterBuvik]

He unified western Norway under one throne not whats today considered Norway

[@westerneurope1752]

According to some sources yes, but not very reliable or likely. His father Halvdan did rule over the Viken region. There are no reliable sources telling Harald didn't keep on to it.

[@redcapetimetraveler7688]

6:55 "ORKDAL" ? the land of the Orcs ? Call Aragorn !

[@sanderson9338]

Norway has only existed as a country since 1905 117 years my house is older than that lol

[@Agesilaus.88]

*By sword and spear they shall know us. When the North star rises, the world shall tremble at our passage.*

[@kennethmoore625]

I swore to not cut my hair until I have another child. But I'll be damned if I don't brush it. I cannot stand my hair all matted and tangled.

[@----3D----]

nice ¨

[@colinjames7569]

Viker culture is very, very similar to Gaelige culture prior to ever meeting

[@graffzon]

No diss but some constructive criticism: As i've said to you before - you are WAY to biased towards Norwegian vikings, Like border line disturbing sometimes where it sometimes sounds like you are putting Norwegian Vikings on a piedestal, Danish a bit further down and throw Swedish vikings in the trashcan and you seem to take stories as facts wich i have pointed out before and you leave out stuff from these stories as well . Regarding ynglingaätten as we say in Sweden you should have mentioned that this family/house where Swedish and regarded themselves as svear (a tribe in now Sweden where the biggest 2 where svear and göter who competed and fought eachother up until late medieval times) so they where not just a random Scandinavian line of Kings, They where svear/Swedes from that specific tribe and were Probably the mightiest tribe in Scandinavia then and there and absolutely the most "holy" when it said that they stemed from yngve-frej (Frej). Other things you should mention when mentioning culture/beliefs/Iron Age Scandinavia is probably how we dont really know how they practised their religion, How Vikings from Roslagen paved the way for modern day Russia and Ukraine, How the Norse gods are said to come from and have lived in Sweden (Uppsala for example) and how Uppsala more than likely was the holy place of holy places in Scandinavia at that time. - and Yes, I know you have talked about this before but(!) You always seem to forget to mention Sweden and Swedes in what you talk about and i almost think you are doing this on purpose wich is quite sad when 1. Uppsala was the most holy place during that period. 2. The Norse gods themselves are said to have lived in Sweden, Not Norway or Denmark but Sweden. 3. When Sweden was the last Scandinavian country to abandon the Norse gods and 4. When there are more runestones in Sweden than the rest of the world combined. I mean even for a child if you put 2 and 2 together here this should probably tell you something even to most facts have been lost to history.

[@LunarVixen]

i can trace a straight line back to Harald Hårfagre

[@fabiansilva6649]

side chicks, my favorite!

[@StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz]

Yo, where de Polak Vikings be aaaat n’ shee-ii’???

[@sanderson9338]

Under da boot of stronger folks Poland has been a conqured country since the 10th century

[@rogerironhide4220]

Sheeeeeeit Yo, foolz be crazy

[@ToreMix7400]

Harald Hårfagre was the first Christian type king of Noreg. I think we'd been better off as a union of independent tribes.

[@Gguy061]

Do most Norwegians speak English with an American accent? You must have spent some time in the USA?

[@StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagz]

Harald always sounded like a bloody minded tyrant. Icelanders are like the American colonists and Wild West. Go Egil.

[@deepquake9]

United Kingdom lol we are still fighting amongst ourselves. Lol

[@amund8821]

Trusting Snorre too much is a bad choice. Denmark controlled Vestfold. The only reason Snorre wrote that the yngling dynasty controlled Vestfold was because there was still a conflict with Denmark and Norway over Vestfold, and Snorre wanted to legitimise Norway's claim to Vestfold. If you had considered reading different sources you would also know that Harald Harfaagre ruled over Sogn. You can only really trust the things Snorre wrote in broad strokes. The fact that you actually believe the story with Gyda and Harald Harfaagre is just beyond me. Another thing is that when you pronounce Hafrsfjord you aren't supposed so pronounce the "r".

[@westerneurope1752]

Based on what exactly? I'm all ears if you manage.

[@dreddykrugernew]

Should change it to Harald Finehair, as there was no such word as 'fair' back then...

[@Bananananaser]

Real name was Harald Hárfagri. So no you are wrong. Because fair would be fagr in old norse, that word is at the very least 1200+ years old and have always held the same meaning.

[@VanaheimrUllr]

"Viken" is a completely new name of this region afaik.. Its just centralization from the government. These are many different kingdoms. "Ringerike" (the ring kingdom, not J.R.R style tho (well.. Could be, actually), more a piece of land that rounds up an area) is more likely example of a prehistoric area, if you ask me. "Hedmark" (land of heathens) is now together with Oppland (the highlands), "Innlandet" (the in- land(not bordering to any coast)).. Its so fu("¤ boring. They are destroying our history instead of celebrating it. I know you (Drengr Elptirdahl) dont have time to explain these details, but I do!! Hehe. Wish you a good season.

[@westerneurope1752]

The historical Viken region was the Oslo fjord region, including the counties of Oslo, Akershus, Østfold, Vestfold, parts of Buskerud, parts of Telemark and Bohuslän.

[@8814_ArierimBallingschap]

#Vancouver #Britischkolumbien #miniAmerika kzbin.info5LG4MLi7dHY?feature=share

[@asgrim1513]

Love your video but man all these people talking about "connection" Being descendants of legendary kings because zome 50$ scam kit told them is always so cringe. If u never went to Scandinavian and only know viking bro stuff, please stop saying youre somehow from here. U dont k ow anything about out society or country.

[@giniusmklo8161]

And don't forget he forged the eastern elite imperial guard of Constantinople for the next 500 years hello 👋 salute to the ancestors of the varangian guard hey one last thing can someone write the word varangian at old norse please