| Halfdan "Hvitbeinn" Olafsson King in Uppsala [Legendary] 1 2
Born: Abt 704, Romerike, Buskerud, (Norway)Marriage (1): Asa Eysteinsdatter     Another name for Halfdan was Halfdan "Whiteshanks."    Research Notes:  Mythical Norse king, younger son of Olof Trätälja.
 From Wikipedia - Halfdan Hvitbeinn :
 
 Halfdan Whiteshanks (Old Norse : Hálfdan hvítbeinn) was a mythical petty king in Norway, described in Ynglinga saga . The following description is based on the account in Ynglinga saga, written in the 1220s by Snorri Sturluson . The historicity of the kings described in that saga is generally not accepted by modern historians.
 
 He was the son of Olof Trätälja  of the House of Yngling . His father was sacrificed to Odin  by the Swedish  settlers in Värmland  because of a famine. Some Swedes, however, realised that the famine was brought by overpopulation and not by the fact that the king had been neglecting his religious duties.
 
 Consequently, they resolved to cross the Ed Forest  and settle in Norway  and happened to end up in Soleyar  where they killed king Sölve  and took Halfdan prisoner. The Swedish expatriates elected Halfdan king as he was the son of their old king, Olof. Halfdan subjugated all of Soleyar and took his army into Romerike  and subjugated that province as well.
 Halfdan was to become a great king, who married Åsa, the daughter of king Eystein, the ruler of Oppland  and Hedmark . They had two sons, Öystein Halfdansson  and Gudröd .
 
 Halfdan conquered a large part of Hedemark , Toten , Hadeland  and a part of Vestfold . When his brother Ingjald Olofsson  died, he inherited Värmland . Halfdan died of old age in Toten  and was transported to Vestfold where he was buried under a mound in Skiringssal .
 
 
 Halfdan married Asa Eysteinsdatter, daughter of Eystein "Haardaade" Throndsson and Solveig Halfdansdatter. (Asa Eysteinsdatter was born about 715 in <Vestfold, (Norway)>.) 
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