# Harald Hardrada

> A Norse king who spent fifteen years as a mercenary and Byzantine commander before dying in a surprise English ambush that historians mark as the end of the Viking Age.

*King of Norway from 1046 to 1066*

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

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Norway
- **Born:** 1015
- **Died:** 1066-09-25
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

At fifteen, Harald Sigurdsson fought beside his half-brother Olaf at Stiklestad in 1030, lost, and fled into exile. He served Grand Prince Yaroslav in Kievan Rus', then moved to Constantinople around 1034, rising to command the Varangian Guard and amassing wealth through campaigns across the Mediterranean, Asia Minor, and Sicily. In 1046 he returned to claim Norway, striking a deal to share the throne with his nephew Magnus — who died a year later, leaving Harald sole ruler. He spent nearly two decades raiding Denmark in a failed bid to rebuild Cnut's North Sea empire, then pivoted in 1066 when Tostig Godwinson invited him to take England. Harald sailed with three hundred longships, crushed the northern English forces at Fulford on 20 September, and was killed five days later at Stamford Bridge when Harold Godwinson's army caught him off guard.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 59.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.9 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 24.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 19.3 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #139

## Topics
#Politicians, #Scientist, #Chemistry, #Politics, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Hardrada)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q203647)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Harald%20Hardrada)
- [هارلد التالت ملك النرويج](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA_%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AC)
- [هارالد هاردرادا](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7)
- [Харалд Хардрада](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0)
- [হ্যারাল্ড হার্ড্রাডা](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1_%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BE)
- [Harald III Norge](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_III_Norge)
- [Harald III, kralj Norveške](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_III%2C_kralj_Norve%C5%A1ke)
- [Harald III de Noruega](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_III_de_Noruega)
- [Harald III. Norský](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_III._Norsk%C3%BD)
- [Harald Hardrada](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Hardrada)
- [Harald Hårderåde](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_H%C3%A5rder%C3%A5de)
- [Harald III. (Norwegen)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_III._(Norwegen))
- [Χάραλντ Γ΄ της Νορβηγίας](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BD%CF%84_%CE%93%CE%84_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9D%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B2%CE%B7%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82)
- [Harald la 3-a (Norvegio)](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_la_3-a_(Norvegio))
- [Harald III de Noruega](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_III_de_Noruega)
- [Harald Hardrada](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Hardrada)
- [Harald III.a Norvegiakoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_III.a_Norvegiakoa)
- [هارالد هاردرادا](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7)
- [Harald Ankara](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Ankara)
- [Haraldur Harðráði](https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haraldur_Har%C3%B0r%C3%A1%C3%B0i)
- [Harald Hardrada](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Hardrada)
- [Harald Hardråde](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Hardr%C3%A5de)
- [האראלד השלישי, מלך נורווגיה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%93_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A9%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)
- [Harold III Norrena Cyning](https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_III_Norrena_Cyning)
- [هارلد الثالث ملك النرويج](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB_%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AC)

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