Monarchs of Norway

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1. Harald I Hårfagre ca. 865 - ca. 933 m. Gyda
2. Eirik I (Haraldsson) Blodøks ca. 933- ca. 935 m. Gunnhild
3. Håkon I (Haraldsson) Adelstensfostre den gode 930-ish - ca. 960
4. Harald II (Eriksson) Gråfell ca. 960 - ca. 970
5. Håkon Sigurdsson, Ladejarl ca. 970 - 995 (Danish rule)
6. Olav I Trygvasson 995 - 1000 m. Tyri of Denmark
7. Svein Tveskjegg 1000 - 1015 (Earls ruled in his stead)
8. Olav II (Haraldsson) den Hellige 1015 - 1028 m. Astrid Olofsdotter of Sweden
9. Håkon Eiriksson, Ladejarl 1028 - 1029 (Danish rule)
10. Canute the Great 1029 - 1030 (Danish rule) m. Emma
11. Svein Knutsson (Alfivason) 1030 - 1035 (Danish rule)
12. Magnus I (Olavsson) den gode 1035 - 1047
13. Harald III (Sigurdsson) Hardråde 1045 - 1066 m. Ellisiv of Kiev
14. Magnus II Haraldsson 1066 - 1069
15. Olav III (Haraldsson) Kyrre 1067 - 1093
16. Håkon Magnusson Toresfostre 1093 - 1095
17. Magnus III (Olavsson) Berrføtt 1093 - 1103 m. Margareta Fredkulla of Sweden
18. Olav Magnusson 1103 - 1115
19. Øystein I Magnusson 1103 - 1123
20. Sigurd I (Magnusson) Jorsalfare 1103 - 1130 m. 1. Blathmin O'Brien 2. Malmfrid of Novgorod
21. Magnus IV (Sigurdsson) the Blind 1130 - 1135 m. Christine of Sweden
22. Harald IV (Magnusson) Gille 1130 - 1136 m. Ingrid Ragnvaldsdotter of Sweden
23. Sigurd II Munn 1136 - 1155
24. Inge I (Haraldsson) Krokrygg 1136 - 1161
25. Øystein II Haraldsson 1142 - 1157 m. Ragna Nikolasdatter
26. Håkon II (Sigurdsson) Herdebrei 1157 - 1162
27. Magnus V Erlingsson 1161 - 1184 m. Estrid Bjørnsdotter
28. Sverre Sigurdsson 1177 - 1202 m. Margaret of Sweden
29. Håkon III Sverresson 1202 - 1204
30. Inge II Bårdsson 1204 - 1217
31. Håkon IV Håkonsson 1217 - 1263 m. Margrét Skúladóttir
32. Magnus VI (Håkonsson) Lagabøte 1263 - 1280 m. Ingeborg Eriksdotter
33. Eirik II Magnusson 1280 - 1299 m. 1. Margaret of Scotland 2. Isabel Bruce
34. Håkon V Magnusson 1299 - 1319 m. Eufemia of Rügen
35. Magnus Eiriksson 1319 - 1355 m. Blanche of Namur
36. Håkon VI Magnusson 1343 - 1380 m. Margrete of Denmark
37. Olav IV Håkonsson 1380 - 1387
38. Margrete 1388 - 1412
39. Eirik III (Erik of Pommern) 1389 - 1442 m. Philippa of England
40. Christoffer of Bayern 1442 - 1448 m. Dorothea of Brandenburg
41. Carl I Knutsson Bonde 1449 - 1450 m. Catherine of Bjurum
42. Christian I 1450 - 1481 m. Dorothea of Brandenburg
    (Interregnum 1481 - 1483 )
43. Hans 1483 - 1513 m. Christina of Saxony
44. Christian II 1513 - 1523 m. Isabella of Habsburg
45. Frederik I 1524 - 1533 m. 1. Anna of Brandenburg (2. Sophie of Pomerania (1st wife not Norwegian queen)
46. Christian III 1537 - 1559 m. Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg
47. Frederik II 1559 - 1588 m. Sophia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
48. Christian IV 1588 - 1648 m. Anne Catherine of Brandenburg
49. Frederik III 1648 - 1670 m. Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg
50. Christian V 1670 - 1699 m. Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Cassel
51. Frederik IV 1699 - 1730 m. (right hand) 1. Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow 2. Anne Sophie Reventlow
52. Christian VI 1730 - 1746 m. Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
53. Frederik V 1746 - 1766 m. 1. Louise of Great Britain 2. Juliana Maria of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
54. Christian VII 1766 - 1808 m. Caroline Matilda of Wales
55. Frederik VI 1808 - 1814 m. Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel
56. Christian Frederik 1814 m. 1. Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 2. Caroline Amalia of Augustenburg (Neither of which were Queen of Norway)
57. Carl II 1814 - 1818 m. Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp
58. Carl III Johan 1818 - 1844 m. Desirée Clary
59. Oscar I 1844 - 1859 m. Josephine of Leuchtenberg
60. Carl IV 1859 - 1872 m. Louise of the Netherlands
61. Oscar II 1872 - 1905 m. Sophia of Nassau
62. Haakon VII 1905 - 1957 m. Maud of Wales
63. Olav V 1957 - 1991 m. Märtha of Sweden (Never queen)
64. Harald V 1991 - m. Sonja Haraldsen

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Harald I Fairhair is portrayed by medieval Norwegian historians as the first King of Norway. According to traditions current in Norway and Iceland in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, he reigned from c. 872 to 930. Supposedly, two of his sons, Eric Bloodaxe and Haakon the Good, succeeded Harald to become kings after his death.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Fairhair

More information about this king:
https://snl.no/Harald_H%C3%A5rfagre

Olaf Tryggvason (960s – 9 September 1000) was King of Norway from 995 to 1000. He was the son of Tryggvi Olafsson, king of Viken (Vingulmark, and Rånrike), and, according to later sagas, the great-grandson of Harald Fairhair, first King of Norway. He is numbered as Olaf I

Olaf is seen as an important factor in the conversion of the Norse to Christianity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_Tryggvason

https://www.lifeinnorway.net/olav-tryggvason/

Eric Haraldsson (Old Norse: Eiríkr Haraldsson, Norwegian: Eirik Haraldsson; c. 885 – 954), nicknamed Eric Bloodaxe (Old Norse: Eiríkr blóðøx, Norwegian: Eirik Blodøks), was a 10th-century Norwegian ruler. It is widely speculated that he had short-lived terms as King of Norway and twice as King of Northumbria (c. 947–948 and 952–954).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Bloodaxe

https://snl.no/Eirik_Blod%C3%B8ks

Haakon Haraldsson (c. 920–961), also Haakon the Good and Haakon Adalsteinfostre, was the king of Norway from 934 to 961. He was noted for his attempts to introduce Christianity into Norway.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haakon_the_Good

https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/onp/onp13.htm

https://www.britannica.com/biography...alsteinsfostre

https://avaldsnes.info/en/informasjon/hakon-den-gode/

Harald II Greycloak or Grey-hide literally translated (c. 935 – c. 970) was a king of Norway from the Fairhair dynasty.

Harald acquired his nickname "Gray-hide" after an encounter with the crew of an Icelandic merchant ship which carried a large load of vararfeldir, a type of faux fur made from sheep's wool.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Greycloak

https://www.britannica.com/biography...d-II-Eiriksson

[Prinsara]

In reading about Richard III today, Wikipedia says that there may be as many as 25 medieval Norwegian monarchs buried in unmarked graves.

That's a lot of digging.

[An Ard Ri]

Originally Posted by Prinsara

In reading about Richard III today, Wikipedia says that there may be as many as 25 medieval Norwegian monarchs buried in unmarked graves.

That's a lot of digging.

A lot of the burial sites (abbey's/churches) were lost during the Reformation and the burials were not preserved and were lost.

Here's a list of burial sites and those buried there

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