What the records say
- When
- 22 Jul 872
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 58.94° N, 5.67° E
- Description
- middle ages battle
- Naval
- yes
Battle of Hafrsfjord
Middle ages battle fought in Hafrsfjord
The Battle of Hafrsfjord was a naval battle fought in Hafrsfjord sometime between 872 and 900 that resulted in the unification of Norway, later known as the Kingdom of Norway. After the battle, the victorious Viking chief Harald Fairhair proclaimed himself the first king of the Norwegians, merging several petty kingdoms under a single monarch for the first time.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Hafrsfjörd”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “۱۸ ژوئیه (تاریخ سنتی) – نبرد هافرسفیورد: هارالد فیرهیر (هارالد گیسو-طلایی)، از سران نورس، در هافرسفیورد در نزدیکی استاوانگر به پیروزی دریایی بزرگی دست مییابد”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page