HAROLD I OF NORWAY

HAROLD I OF NORWAY
   surnamed Haarfager (fair-haired), by him the petty kingdoms of Norway were all conquered and knit into one compact realm; the story goes that he undertook this work to win the hand of his lady-love, and that he swore an oath neither to cut nor comb his hair till his task was done; d. 930.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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