| Nicknames: | "the Aged", "the Old", "Halfdan Sveidasson", "Halvdan", "The Aged", ""the Aged", "The /Aged/", "The /Old/", "den Gamle", "Vanha", "The Old", "Halfdan "The Aged" /Sveidasson/", "the /Aged/", ""The /Old"/" |
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| Birthplace: | Vestfold, Holtum, Norway |
| Death: | Died in Borri, Norway |
| Occupation: | Jarl av Uppland, Markgreve (Margrave) av Frisis |
| Managed by: | Steven Nelson |
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Immediate Family
About Halfdan "Gamle" Sveidasson, “the Aged”
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
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Halfdan Sveidasson, “the Aged”'s Timeline
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Vestfold, Holtum, Norway
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749
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Age 49
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of, , Oppland Norway
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Age 70
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Norway
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Age 80
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Oppland, Norway
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Age 80
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Norse discovery and settlement of the Faroes, Orkneys, and Shetlands
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Age 100
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Borri, Norway
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April 19, 1930
Age 100
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Age 100
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April 19, 1930
Age 100
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June 16, 1932
Age 100
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SGEOR
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