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Konungur á Rogalandi

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Konungur á Rogalandi

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Konungur í (King at) Ögvaldsnesi, at Norway, hauglagður þar (over there, there, yonder.).

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ROGALAND The southwesternmost province in Norway. The chief modern city is the port of Stavanger.

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landámsmaður (settler) á Skarði á Skarðsströnd
From HÞ 60651, who adds "Einna göfgastur landnámsmanna" (one of the noblest settlers).
http://poslfit.homeip.net/cgi-bin/genea2.pl?id=60399

SKARD

Skard is a farm, a church site and was a large estate for centuries in the Skardstrond County in the Dalir District. The farm is situated on a large, green ledge at the foot of a low mountain and down below, fields and meadows stretch all the way to the sea. This location offers an excellent view over the vast Breidafiord Bay and the mountain frame. According to the land register from 1861, the farm was rated among the three most valuable estates of the country. A myriad of islets, several outlying farms and rights belonged to the estate, and many hands were needed to exploit all the available advantages of the farm.

This farm is unique for the reason, that it has probably been the property of the same family since the turn of the 12th century, if not earlier.

The first settler, Geirmundur Heljarskinn, built his farm there and called it Geirmundarstadir, but no sources reveal its history until well into the 12th century.

One of the most precious and best decorated manuscripts of the country is the so-called Skard Book. It contains the code of law Jonsbok from 1281, which was and to some extent still is the law-book of the Icelanders. Another Skard Book contains stories of the apostles. It was sold to England and purchased again at an auction in 1965.

Iceland
COVE FLJOTAVIK
HORNSTRANDIR

This is a wide cove between the mountains Hvesta and Kogur in the Hornstrandir Area. The inhabited area with its three small farms on the cove was called Fljot. According to the Book of Settlements there was a farm there owned by Geirmundur heljarskinn Hjorsson. His slave, Atli, was foreman there, and once he took it upon himself to invite a whole ships’ crew to spend the winter without consulting his master. This he did to show how generous his master was and when Geirmundur heard about it, he liked the idea so much, that he gave Atli his freedom.

One of the many refuge huts for shipwrecked people is situated on the cove nowadays. This abandoned part of the country is among the most popular hiking areas.

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drottning F.æ. JJ og GB

drottning = Queen

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konungur
HH

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Upplendingakonungur
Sources: - person: Heimskringla, H.H.

Hálfdan hvítbeinn Ólafsson var konungur ríkur. Hálfdan var alinn upp í Sóleyjum af Sölva, móðurbróður sínum ( ). Hann var konungur í Sóleyjum eftir Sölva konung.
Hálfdan eignaðist mikið af Heiðmörk og Þótn og Haðaland og mikið af Vestfold. Hann varð gamall maður. Hann varð sóttdauður á Þótni og var síðan fluttur út á Vestfold og heygður þar sem heitir Skæreið í Skíringssal.
http://notendur.snerpa.is/systaoggaui/halfdanhvitbein.htm

Another citation - http://209.85.141.104/search?q=cache:RmN4kwIYTTMJ:www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~andersj/sagas.html+Bj%C3%B6rn+buna+Gr%C3%ADmsson&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a

July 16, 2008 - "hvítbein", This was the key to deciphering most of the names on Great Uncle Kris' 1954 Icelandic document. With Family Tree 2008 came a short subscription to Ancestry.com. There I clicked on "Famous Relatives". This brought up Hrolf of Nomandy in turn connected me to this King; Olafsson, whereby I translated HVITBEIN into White Bone which connected me to this King and unlocked the rest of all the other families.
The other keys were Stoneson on Halfdan's WebGen and Halfdan's list of Sigurdur and 14 past fathers. Plus three years of research.

Listed on page 609 of Flateyjarbok

Hálfdan hvítbeinn Ólafsson was a rich king. Hálfdan was raised in Sóleyjum by Sölvi ( ) his mothers brother. He became a king in Sóleyjum after king Sölvi.

Hálfdan gained lot of the lands Heiðmörk, Þótn and Haðaland and a lot of Vestfold. He became an old man and pass away from a sicknes at Þótn, he was then transported to Vestfold where he was plased torest at Skæreið in Skíringssal.

His parents were Ólafur trételgja Ingjaldsson and his wife. Sölva Hálfdansdóttir.

Wife: Ása dother of Eysteinn king of Upplendinga. They hat two sons:

a) Eysteinn

b) Guðröð.
Halfdan Whitebone Added by richardchapin1 on 1 Mar 2007 Halfdan was fostered in the Soley Isles by Solva, his uncle. He was called Halfdan Whitebone. He was king in the Soleys after King Solvi. He married Asa, daughter of Eystein the Ill-advised, king in Heid. This Eystein conquered the Eynafylki in Trondheim, and gave them his hound for king, who was named Sorr; Sorshaug is named after him. Halfdan and Asa had two sons, Eystein and Gudrod. Halfdan Whitebone took Raumariki and much of Heidmark. He died in Thotni, and was taken to Heidmark and buried there. Gudrod, Halfdan's son, was king in Heidmark after his father. His son was Helgi, father of Ingjald, father of Olaf the White, who married Unn the Deep-Minded, daughter of Ketil Faltnose. Their son was Thorsteinn the Red, who was an earl in Scotland and fell there. Eystein, son of Halfdan Whitebone, was king in Raumariki. He married the daughter of Eirik Agnarsson, who was king in Vestfold. Eirik had no son. Agnarr, Eirik's father, was son of King Sigtrygg of Vindli. King Eystein fell overboard, and drowned in the boatyard in the sound. His son was named Halfdan, and he took the kingdom after him. He surrounded himself with powerful men and great warriors, giving out gold to his henchmen as other men gave silver, but he was hesitant to provide his men with food. He was called Halfdan the Mild but Miserly with Meat. He married Lifa, daughter of Dag, king of Vestmar. He died in Vestfold, and was buried there. Their son was named Gudrod, and he took the kingdom after his father. He was called Gudrod the Generous. He married Asa, daughter of King Harald Redbeard, who was king of Agder. They had two sons. One was named Halfdan, the other Olaf. Gudrod the Generous was killed at Geirstad in Vestfold, where was killed with a halberd, and he died on his ship in Stiflusund, in the evening. Asa, his wife, had egged on a man to kill him, because King Gudrod had killed King Harald, her father, and Gyrd, his son. King Gudrod had also married the daughter of Alfarin of Alfheim and had received half Vingulmark with her, as a dowry. Their son was Olaf. He was full-grown when his father fell, and he took the kingdom after his father. He was the best of all men, and strongest and most handsome to be seen. He was called Olaf, the Elf of Geirstad. Additional information about this story Description Date Location Attached toHalfdan Olafsson (704 - 750) Other trees this object is saved toEva Kay Myers Joseph Sylvester Baldwin Sr. Branch

Halfdan Hvitbeinn
Added by richardchapin1 on 5 Mar 2007
Halfdan Hvitbeinn (Old Norse: Hálfdan hvítbeinn) was the son of Olof Trätälja of the House of Yngling according to Heimskringla. He lived around A.D. 710. His father was sacrificed to Odin by the Swedish settlers in Värmland 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 and settle in Norway 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 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 and Hedmark. They had two sons, Öystein Halfdansson and Gudröd. Halfdan conquered a large part of Hedemark, Toten, Hadeland and a part of Vestfold. When his brother Ingjald Olofsson died, he inherited Wermelandia. Halfdan died of old age in Toten and was transported to Vestfold where he was buried under a mound in Skiringssal.

Sources: - person: Heimskringla, H.H.