# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/halfdan-ragnarsson
# Generated: 2026-09-01T00:26:10.006Z

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name: "Halfdan Ragnarsson"
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description: "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."
tagline: "Viking leader and commander of the Great Heathen Army"
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birthDate: "900"
deathDate: "877"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
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.