# Halfdan Ragnarsson

> He commanded the Great Heathen Army that tore through Anglo-Saxon England starting in 865, crowned himself the first Viking King of Northumbria, and died in Irish waters chasing another throne he didn't have.

*Viking leader and commander of the Great Heathen Army*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/halfdan-ragnarsson

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Model
- **Category:** Models
- **Born:** 900
- **Died:** 877
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Halfdan was one of six sons of Ragnar Lodbrok named in Norse sagas, though some scholars think he and his brother Hvitserk might be the same person — "white shirt" possibly just a nickname to tell one Halfdan from another. He led forces in the Great Heathen Army's invasion of England in 865, earning the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle's cold label "heathen king." By the early 870s he'd seized Northumbria and may have briefly co-ruled Denmark with his brother Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye; Frankish records from 873 name a Sigfred and Halfdan as rulers. He also claimed the throne of Dublin. In 877 he died at the Battle of Strangford Lough, still fighting for Ireland.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 22.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Model, #Politics, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfdan_Ragnarsson)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q779168)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Halfdan%20Ragnarsson)
- [Halfdan Ragnarsson](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfdan_Ragnarsson)
- [Halfdan Ragnarsson](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfdan_Ragnarsson)
- [Halfdan Ragnarsson](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfdan_Ragnarsson)
- [Halfdan Ragnarsson](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfdan_Ragnarsson)
- [Χάλφνταν Ράγκναρσον](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%AC%CE%BB%CF%86%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BD_%CE%A1%CE%AC%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%83%CE%BF%CE%BD)
- [Halfdan Ragnarsson](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfdan_Ragnarsson)
- [Halfdan Ragnarsson](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfdan_Ragnarsson)
- [Halfdan Ragnarsson](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfdan_Ragnarsson)
- [Halfdan Ragnarsson](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfdan_Ragnarsson)
- [Albann](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albann)
- [Halfdan Ragnarsson](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfdan_Ragnarsson)
- [ハールヴダン・ラグナルスソン](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B4%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B0%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3)
- [ჰალფდან რაგნარსონი](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%B0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A4%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%92%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98)
- [할프단 라그나르손](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%A0%ED%94%84%EB%8B%A8_%EB%9D%BC%EA%B7%B8%EB%82%98%EB%A5%B4%EC%86%90)
- [Halfdan Ragnarsson](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfdan_Ragnarsson)
- [Halvdan Ragnarsson](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halvdan_Ragnarsson)
- [Halfdan Ragnarsson](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfdan_Ragnarsson)
- [Haldano (filho de Ragnar)](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haldano_(filho_de_Ragnar))
- [Хальфдан (король Дублина)](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%94%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0))
- [Halfdan Ragnarsson](https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfdan_Ragnarsson)
- [Halfdan Ragnarsson](https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfdan_Ragnarsson)
- [Халфдан Рагнарсон](https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%84%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [هالفدان راغنارسون](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%BA%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86)
- [Halfdan Hvitserk](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfdan_Hvitserk)

---
Generated by Fame.am · https://fame.am/person/halfdan-ragnarsson