What was the name of the father of the Norwegian king at the center of the Saga of Harald Fairhair?
Saga of Harald Fairhair Saga of Harald Fairhair is the third of the sagas in Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla, after Ynglinga saga and the saga of Halfdan the Black. Snorri sagas were written in Iceland in the 1220s. The saga is about the Norwegian king Harald Fairhair.
Harald Sigtryggsson Harald Sigtryggsson (Old Irish: "Aralt mac Sitric" ; Old Norse: "Haraldr" , died 940) was a Viking leader who ruled Limerick in the early 10th century. He was the son of Sitric Cáech and great-grandson of Ímar, making him one of the Uí Ímair. He was installed as king of Limerick following the capture of the previous king Olaf Scabby-head by Harald's cousin Olaf Guthfrithson, king of Dublin, during a battle at Lough Ree in 937. Harald died in 940 and was ultimately succeeded by Ivar of Limerick.