Ivar I Oplaendinge Halfdansson , Jarl of Norway 
Ivar I Oplaendinge was born about 0778 in of Uppland, Norway. Ivar I Oplaendinge's father was Halfdan II Milldi Eysteinsson King of Vestfold and his mother was Hilf Dagsdottir. His paternal grandparents were Eysteinn I "Fart" Halfdansson , King of Vestfold and Hilda Eriksdottir. He had a brother named Gudrod "The Magnificent". He was the younger of the two children.General Notes
The Scandinavian Earls of Orkney trace their descent from the noblest and most heroic of the ruling dynasties of the north. Ivar, Prince of the Uplands in Norway, who claimed a descent from the deified hero Thor, was father of Eystein. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 492, Sinclair, Earl of Orkney]
They had a son named Eystein "Glumra".
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Children
Eystein "Glumra" Ivarsson , Jarl of the Upplands
Eystein "Glumra" was born about 0810 in Denmark. He died in 0862 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway.
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