# Harald Greycloak

> A 10th-century Norwegian king who earned his name by turning a shipload of unsellable sheep-wool cloaks into a fashion craze — then spent his reign killing rivals and consolidating a fractured kingdom before his uncle's allies lured him to Denmark and murdered him.

*King of Norway*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/harald-greycloak

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Norway
- **Born:** 935
- **Died:** 970
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Harald was the son of Eric Bloodaxe and grandson of Harald Fairhair, with Denmark's King Harald Bluetooth as his uncle. After his father died in 954, he and his brothers fought their half-uncle Haakon the Good through battles at Rastarkalv in 955 and Fitjar in 961, where Haakon fell. The brothers took Norway's throne with little authority beyond the west; Harald Bluetooth declared Harald his vassal jarl that same year. Harald tightened his grip by killing local rulers — Sigurd Haakonsson, Tryggve Olafsson, Gudrød Bjørnsson — and controlled the coast trade route north to Hålogaland, even raiding Bjarmaland near Arkhangelsk. In 970, Sigurd's son Haakon, now jarl of Lade and allied with Bluetooth, tricked Harald into Denmark and killed him at Hals in the Limfjord. His brothers fled; Bluetooth restored Danish dominance and installed Haakon as his man in Norway.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 6.9 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 21.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 36.7 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #240

## Topics
#Politicians, #Historical Figure, #Royalty, #Politics, #Norway, #Europe, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Greycloak)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182680)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Harald%20Greycloak)
- [Харальд II Шэрая Шкура](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4_II_%D0%A8%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%A8%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0)
- [Харалд II](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4_II)
- [Harald Gråfell](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Gr%C3%A5fell)
- [Harald II](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_II)
- [Harald II. Norský](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_II._Norsk%C3%BD)
- [Harald Gråfeld](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Gr%C3%A5feld)
- [Harald II. (Norwegen)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_II._(Norwegen))
- [Χάραλντ Γκράφελντρ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BD%CF%84_%CE%93%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%AC%CF%86%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BD%CF%84%CF%81)
- [Harald II de Noruega](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_II_de_Noruega)
- [Harald Hallmantel](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Hallmantel)
- [Harald II.a Norvegiakoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_II.a_Norvegiakoa)
- [هارالد گریکلواک](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%A9)
- [Harald Harmaaturkki](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Harmaaturkki)
- [Haraldur Gráfeldur](https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haraldur_Gr%C3%A1feldur)
- [Harald II de Norvège](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_II_de_Norv%C3%A8ge)
- [האראלד השני, מלך נורווגיה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%93_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%99%2C_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%9A_%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%95%D7%92%D7%99%D7%94)
- [II. Harald norvég király](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/II._Harald_norv%C3%A9g_kir%C3%A1ly)
- [Հարալդ II Գորշ մաշկ](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A4_II_%D4%B3%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%B7_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B7%D5%AF)
- [Haraldur gráfeldur](https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haraldur_gr%C3%A1feldur)
- [Harald II di Norvegia](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_II_di_Norvegia)
- [ハーラル2世 (ノルウェー王)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB2%E4%B8%96_(%E3%83%8E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E7%8E%8B))
- [하랄 2세 (노르웨이)](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%98%EB%9E%84_2%EC%84%B8_(%EB%85%B8%EB%A5%B4%EC%9B%A8%EC%9D%B4))
- [Harald II van Noorwegen](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_II_van_Noorwegen)
- [هارالد جريكلواك](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%83)

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