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Halfdan Hvitbeinn (Old Norse
Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
: Hálfdan hvítbeinn) was a mythical petty king in Norway, described in Ynglinga saga
Ynglinga saga

The Ynglinga saga was originally written in Old Norse by the Icelandic poet Snorri Sturluson about 1225. He based it on an earlier Ynglingatal which is attributed to the Norwegian 9th century skald ?j???lfr of Hvinir, and which also appears in Historia Norvegi?....
. The following description is based on the account in Ynglinga saga, written in the 1220s by Snorri Sturluson
Snorri Sturluson

Snorri Sturluson was an Icelandic historian, poet and politician. He was two-time elected lawspeaker at the Icelandic parliament, the Althing....
. The historicity of the kings described in that saga is generally not accepted by modern historians.

He was the son of Olof Trätälja
Olof Trätälja

Olaf Tree Feller was the son of the Swedish king Ingjald Ill-ruler of the House of Yngling according to Ynglingatal....
 of the House of Yngling. His father was sacrificed to Odin
Odin

Odin , is considered the chief ?sir in Norse paganism. Homologous with the Anglo-Saxons Woden and the Old High German Wotan, it is descended from Proto-Germanic *Wodanaz or *Wodanaz....
 by the Swedish
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 settlers in Värmland
Värmland

is a Provinces of Sweden or landskap in the west of middle Sweden. It borders V?sterg?tland, Dalsland, Dalarna, V?stmanland and N?rke. It is also bounded by Norway in the west....
 because of a famine.






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Halfdan Hvitbeinn (Old Norse
Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
: Hálfdan hvítbeinn) was a mythical petty king in Norway, described in Ynglinga saga
Ynglinga saga

The Ynglinga saga was originally written in Old Norse by the Icelandic poet Snorri Sturluson about 1225. He based it on an earlier Ynglingatal which is attributed to the Norwegian 9th century skald ?j???lfr of Hvinir, and which also appears in Historia Norvegi?....
. The following description is based on the account in Ynglinga saga, written in the 1220s by Snorri Sturluson
Snorri Sturluson

Snorri Sturluson was an Icelandic historian, poet and politician. He was two-time elected lawspeaker at the Icelandic parliament, the Althing....
. The historicity of the kings described in that saga is generally not accepted by modern historians.

He was the son of Olof Trätälja
Olof Trätälja

Olaf Tree Feller was the son of the Swedish king Ingjald Ill-ruler of the House of Yngling according to Ynglingatal....
 of the House of Yngling. His father was sacrificed to Odin
Odin

Odin , is considered the chief ?sir in Norse paganism. Homologous with the Anglo-Saxons Woden and the Old High German Wotan, it is descended from Proto-Germanic *Wodanaz or *Wodanaz....
 by the Swedish
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 settlers in Värmland
Värmland

is a Provinces of Sweden or landskap in the west of middle Sweden. It borders V?sterg?tland, Dalsland, Dalarna, V?stmanland and N?rke. It is also bounded by Norway in the west....
 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
Ed Forest

The Ed Forest is a forest separating the Norway county of Hedmark from the Swedish province of V?rmland. Today, this area exists as two communes: the Norwegian Eidskog and the Swedish Eda....
 and settle in Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
 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
Romerike

Romerike is a Districts of Norway located north-east of Oslo, in what is today south-eastern Norway. It consists of the Akershus municipalities Fet, L?renskog, Nittedal, R?lingen, Skedsmo, S?rum and Aurskog-H?land in the southern end , and Ullensaker, Gjerdrum, Nannestad, Nes, Akershus, Eidsvoll and Hurdal in the northern end ....
 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
Oppland

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering S?r-Tr?ndelag, M?re og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Akershus, Oslo and Hedmark. The county administration is in Lillehammer....
 and Hedmark
Hedmark

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering S?r-Tr?ndelag, Oppland and Akershus. The county administration is in Hamar.Hedmark makes up the northeastern part of ?stlandet, the southeastern part of the country....
. They had two sons, Öystein Halfdansson and Gudröd.

Halfdan conquered a large part of Hedemark, Toten
Toten

Toten is a Districts of Norway in Oppland county in the eastern part of Norway. It consists of the municipalities ?stre Toten, Vestre Toten, and Gj?vik....
, Hadeland
Hadeland

Hadeland is a Districts of Norway in the south-eastern part of Norway. It is located around the southern part of lake Randsfjorden in Oppland county, and consists of the municipalities of Norway of Gran, Norway, Jevnaker and Lunner....
 and a part of Vestfold
Vestfold

is a Counties of Norway in Norway, bordering Buskerud and Telemark. The county administration is in T?nsberg.Vestfold is located west of the Oslofjord, as the name indicates....
. When his brother Ingjald Olofsson
Ingjald Olofsson

Ingjald Olofsson was the son of Olof Tr?t?lja and became the king of V?rmland after his father death, according to legend. When Ingjald died, his brother Halfdan Hvitbeinn made V?rmland part of his monarchy....
 died, he inherited Värmland
Värmland

is a Provinces of Sweden or landskap in the west of middle Sweden. It borders V?sterg?tland, Dalsland, Dalarna, V?stmanland and N?rke. It is also bounded by Norway in the west....
. Halfdan died of old age in Toten
Toten

Toten is a Districts of Norway in Oppland county in the eastern part of Norway. It consists of the municipalities ?stre Toten, Vestre Toten, and Gj?vik....
 and was transported to Vestfold where he was buried under a mound in Skiringssal
Skiringssal

Skiringssal is the name of an area situated in the Norway municipality of Larvik and Sandefjord, in the southern region of the county of Vestfold....
.