Halfdan Sveidasson is mentioned in the Orkney saga:

"Heiti, Gorr’s son, was father of Sveiði the sea-king, the father of Halfdan the old, the father of Ivar the Uplanders’ earl, the father of Eystein the noisy, the father of earl Rognvald the mighty and the wise in council."

(copied from http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/ice/is3/is302.htm)

See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfdan_the_Old

Other people who are named Halfdan, and should NOT be confused with this one:

• Halfdan Eysteinsson, http://www.geni.com/profile/index/6000000006803712071
• Halfdan Hringsson, http://www.geni.com/profile/index/6000000006209764570

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• Halfdan "the Aged" Sveidasson

born abt 0700 died 0800

father:

• Sveide "The Sea King" Sviadrasson Viking Norse King

born Abt 0650 Of, Raumsdal, Norway

mother:

• Mrs. Sveide Sviadrasson

born Abt 0655 Of, Raumsdal, Norway

married Abt 699 Of, , Raumsdal, Norway

spouse:

• Mrs. Halfdan "the Aged" Sveidasson

born Abt 0705 Of Oppland, Norway

married Abt 749 Of, , Oppland Norway

children:

• Ivar Earl of Uplands

born Aft 0770 Of Oppland, Norway -------------------- See "My Lines"

( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/p214.htm#i24130 )

from Compiler: R. B. Stewart, Evans, GA

( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/index.htm ) -------------------- Halfdan Sveidasson is also known as Halfdan the Aged. More here: http://bit.ly/eeoPTC