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Halfdan (Hvitbein White Leg) Olafsson

Halfdan, known as Hvitbein White Leg, was born in 0704 in Romerike, Buskerud, Norway.¹ Hvitbein White Leg's father was Olaf (The Wood Cutter) Ingjaldsson and his mother was Solveig Halfdansdottir. His paternal grandparents were Ingjald (Braut The Wicked) Anundsson and Gauthild Algautsdotter; his maternal grandparents were Halfdan (Guldand Goldtooth) Solfasson and <Unknown>. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Hogne and Asa. He died at the age of 46 in 0750.¹

General Notes
- Title: King Uppsala
  
  # Note:
  
  After a season of bad harvests, the woodcutting king [Olof Ingjaldsson] was sacrificed to Odin so that his people might have good crops. He was succeeded by his son Halfdan Whiteleg, who is said to have extended his rule over much of southern Norway. Halfdan died at a ripe old age, was dully placed in a burial mound, and his deeds were sun by the bards.
  
  # Note: [Royal Families of Medieval Scandinavia, Flander & Kiev]
  
  # Note: Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
  Page: 243a-15
  
  # Note: One source says father of Gudrod "The Magnificent". The other source has White Leg as gr grandfather. The latter is my genealogy, with Halfdan "The Old" being father of Gudrod.
  
  # Note: Title: Royal Families of Medieval Scandinavia, Flanders, and Kiev, by Rupert Alen & Anna Dahlquist, 1997, King's River Publ., Page: 7

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Eystein Adilsson ^*
  - b.0594 in Vaermland, Sweden
  
  Yngvar (The Tall) Eysteinsson
  - b.0616 in Sweden d. in Sten, Esthland, Estonia
  
  Anund (The Cultivator) Ingvarsson
  - b.0638 in Sweden
  
  Ingjald (Braut The Wicked) Anundsson
  - b.0660 in Sweden
  
  Olaf (The Wood Cutter) Ingjaldsson
  - b.0682 in Varmland, Sweden d.0710
  
  Gautrek (The Bounteous) Gautsson
  - b.0605 in Iceland d. in Iceland
  
  Algaut Gautreksson
  - b.0639 in Vaerland, Sweden d. in Iceland
  
  Gauthild Algautsdotter
  - b.0664 in Vaerland, Sweden
  
  Oalf (Sharp-sighted) Nerike
  
  Alov Olafsdottir
  
  Halfdan (Hvitbein White Leg) Olafsson
  - b.0704 in Romerike, Buskerud, Norway d.0750
  
  Halfdan (Guldand Goldtooth) Solfasson
  - b.0660 in Sweden
  
  Solveig Halfdansdottir
  - b.0684 in Soleyum, Sweden
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

Personal Timeline

Click here for details of Hvitbein White Leg's family with Asa Eysteinsdottir

¹ http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=tamer&id=I13402&style=TABLE