Harald Fairhair 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. Suppo
Harald Fairhair (Right) receiving Norway from his father (Left) in an illustration fourteenth-century Flateyjarbók.
Harald Fairhair as imagined by Morris Meredith Williams
A scene from Heimskringla: King Gryting is brought before Harald after being defeated in battle.
Harald Haarfager later in his life
Eric Haraldsson, nicknamed Bloodaxe and Brother-Slayer, was a Norwegian king. He ruled as King of Norway from 932 to 934, and twice as King of Northumbria: from 947 to 948, and again from 952 to 954.
Silver penny of Eric Bloodaxe, which reads "ERIC REX"
Coin minted at York, type N550, ECM 2007.0059. Obverse: ERIC RE[X] (King Eric). Reverse: [R]ADVLF MON[] (moneyer Radulf).
Eric Bloodaxe, seated, and Gunnhild are confronted by Egill Skallagrimsson.