Halfdan Sigurdsson 
Halfdan was born in 0990 in Stein,Norway. Halfdan's father was Sigurd Sow Halfdansson King of Ringerike and his mother was Estrid (Asta) of Uplands. His maternal grandparents were Gudbrand Jarl of Uplands and Ulfhild (Gunhild) Thorasdottir. He had a brother named Harald III Hardraade King of. He was the older of the two children. He had two half-brothers named St. Olaf II of and Olaf II "The Saint" (Haraldsson) King of.General Notes
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Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999
Page: 469
The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest on RootsWeb.com Entries: 25958 Updated: Thu Oct 3 15:59:49 2002 Contact: Jim Weber jimweber@@nwintl.com
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Information copied from Wayne Iverson, World Connect db=wiversrm, rootsweb.com
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Halfdan was half-brother of King Olaf the Saint and brother of King Harald who died in 1066 in a battle in England. When King Olaf asked him what he would like most to have, he said "cows". When asked how many he replied "So many that when they were watered they would stand thickly around the whole pond".
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Halfdan is not reference directly by Burke's Peerage, but is implied by them stating that his daughter Bergliot was a "niece of Harald III Hardradi of Norway", who is Halfdan's brother.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0958 in Kvam,Nord Fron,Norway d.Feb 1017/1018 in Bonsnes,Ringerike,Norway
- b.0990 in Stein,Norway
- b.0850 in Norway
- b.0875 in Norway
- b.0900 in Norway
- b.~ 0923 in Uplands,Vestfold,Norway
- b.0970 in Uplands,Vestfold,Norway d.1045
- b.~ 0880 in ,,,Norway
- b.~ 0927 in ,,,Norway
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