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[[Image:Flateyjarbok Haraldr Halfdan.jpg|thumb|right|250px|King Harald receives [[Norway]] out of his father's hands in this illustration from the [[14th century]] [[Flateyjarbók]].]]

<caption><font size="+1">'''Harald Fairhair''' </font></caption>

<tr valign=top><td style=background:#efefef; colspan=2 align=center>[[Image:Flateyjarbok Haraldr Halfdan.jpg|thumb|right|250px|King Harald receives [[Norway]] out of his father's hands in this illustration from the [[14th century]] [[Flateyjarbók]].]]

<tr valign=top><td>'''Reign'''<td>[[872]]-[[933]]

<tr valign=top><td>'''Queen'''<td>[[Ragnhild Eriksdotter]]<br>[[Åsa Håkonsdotter]]<br>various concubines

<tr valign=top><td>'''Royal House'''<td>[[Fairhair dynasty]]

<tr valign=top><td>'''Father'''<td>[[Halfdan the Black]]

<tr valign=top><td>'''Mother'''<td>[[Ragnhild Sigurdsdotter]]

<tr valign=top><td>'''Issue'''<td>21 sons<br> 3 daughters<br> including<br>[[Eirik I of Norway|Eirik Bloodaxe]]<br>[[Bjørn Farman]]<br>[[Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf|Olaf Geirstadalf]]<br>[[Haakon I of Norway|Haakon the Good]]

<tr valign=top><td>'''Date of Birth'''<td>c. [[850]]

<tr valign=top><td>'''Place of Birth'''<td>Eastern Norway

<tr valign=top><td>'''Date of Death'''<td>[[933]]

<tr valign=top><td>'''Place of Death'''<td>[[Rogaland]]</td></tr>

<tr valign=top><td>'''Place of Burial'''<td>[[Karmsund]]

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'''Harald Fairhair''' ([[Old Norse]]:''Haraldr hinn hárfagri'', [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]]:''Haraldur hinn hárfagri'', [[Norwegian (language)|Norwegian]]:''Harald Hårfagre'') (c. [[850]] &ndash; c. [[933]]) was the founder and first king ([[872]] &ndash; [[930]]) over [[Norway]].