Halvdan "Hvitbeinn" Olofsson

  General Notes:

Born: Abt 680, Norway
Marriage: Åsa Eysteinsdatter circa 700 in Norway
Died: Abt 715, Toten, Oppland, Norway about age 35
Other names for Halvdan were Halvdan "Vitben" Olofsson and Halvdan Den Gavmilde Olofsson.
General Notes:
Halfdan Hvitbeinn was the son of Olof Trätälja of the House of Yngling according to Heimskringla.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 (Solør) 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 Westfold. When his brother Ingjald Olofsson died, he inherited Wermelandia. Halfdan died of old age in Toten and was transported to Westfold where he was buried under a mound.
Noted events in his life were:
• He was a King in Norway.
Halvdan married Åsa Eysteinsdatter, daughter of Eystein Hardråde and Unknown, circa 700 in Norway. (Åsa Eysteinsdatter was born in 680 in Norway and died in 718 in Norway.)

Halvdan married Asa Eysteinsdatter, daughter of Eystein Hardrade and Unknown, about 700 in Norway. (Asa Eysteinsdatter was born in 680 in Norway and died in 718 in Norway.)