Harald Explained

Harald or Haraldr is the Old Norse form of the given name Harold. It may refer to:

Medieval

Kings of Denmark

• Harald Bluetooth (935–985/986)

Kings of Norway

• Harald Fairhair (c. 850–c. 933)
• Harald Greycloak (died 970)
• Harald Hardrada (1015–1066)
• Harald Gille (reigned 1130–1136)

Grand Dukes of Kiev

• Mstislav the Great (1076–1132), known as Harald in Norse sagas

King of Mann and the Isles

• Haraldr Óláfsson (died 1248)

Earls of Orkney

• Harald Haakonsson (died 1131)
• Harald Maddadsson (–1206)
• Harald Eiriksson

Others

• Hagrold (fl. 944–954), also known as Harald, Scandinavian chieftain in Normandy
• Harald Grenske (10th century), petty king in Vestfold in Norway
• Harald Klak (–), king in Jutland
• Harald Wartooth, legendary king of Sweden, Denmark and Norway
• Harald the Younger, 9th-century Viking leader

Modern name

Royalty

• Harald V of Norway (born 1937), present King of Norway
• Prince Harald of Denmark (1876–1949)

Arts and entertainment

• Harald Blüchel (born 1963), German electronic music artist
• Harald Heide-Steen Jr. (1939–2008), Norwegian actor and comedian
• Harald Juhnke (1929–2005), German actor and comedian
• Harald Lander (1905–1971), Danish ballet dancer and choreographer
• Harald Reinl (1908–1986), Austrian film director
• Harald Rønneberg (born 1973), Norwegian television personality
• Harald Sæverud (1897–1992), Norwegian composer
• Harald Schmidt (born 1957), German actor and comedian
• Harald Szeemann (1933–2005), Swiss curator and art historian
• Harald Zwart (born 1965), Norwegian film director

Academia

• Harald Beyer (literary historian) (1891–1960)
• Harald Bohr (1887–1951), Danish mathematician
• Harald Cramér (1893–1985), Swedish mathematician, actuary, and statistician
• Harald Høffding (1843–1931), Danish philosopher and theologian
• Harald Helfgott (born 1977), Peruvian mathematician
• Harald Herborg Nielsen (1903–1973), American physicist
• Harald zur Hausen (1936–2023), German virologist
• Harald Stümpke, pseudonym of Gerolf Steiner (1908–2009), German zoologist

Military

• Harald Auffarth (1896–1946), German flying ace of the First World War
• Harald Freiherr von Elverfeldt (1900–1945), German general of the Second World War
• Harald Hægermark (1894–1965), Swedish Army lieutenant general
• Harald Nugiseks (1921–2014), Estonian army sergeant
• Harald Öhquist (1891–1971), Finnish general of the Second World War
• Harald Riipalu (1912–1961), Estonian military commander
• Harald Sunde (general) (born 1954), Norwegian military officer, Chief of Defence of Norway
• Harald Turner (1891–1947), German Nazi SS commander executed for war crimes
• Harald Nicolai Storm Wergeland (1814–1893), Norwegian military officer, politician and mountaineer
• Harald Åkermark (1873–1963), Swedish Navy vice admiral

Sport

• Harald Aabrekk (born 1956), Norwegian footballer and coach
• Harald Andersson (1907–1985), Swedish athlete
• Harald Baker (1882–1962), Australian rugby union footballer
• Harald Berg (born 1941), Norwegian footballer
• Harald Bohr (1887–1951), Danish Olympic football player and mathematician, and brother of Niels Bohr
• Harald Brattbakk (born 1971), Norwegian footballer
• Harald Cerny (born 1973), Austrian footballer
• Harald Grohs (born 1944), German racing driver
• Harald Grønningen (1934–2016), Norwegian skier
• Harald Hasselbach (1967-2023), Dutch football player
• Harald Kaarmann (1901–1942), Estonian footballer
• Harald Koch (born 1969), Austrian badminton player
• Harald Lechner (born 1982), Austrian professional football referee
• Harald Maartmann (1926–2021), Norwegian cross-country skier
• Harald Nielsen (1941–2015), Danish footballer
• Harald Nielsen (boxer) (1902–1983), Danish boxer
• Harald Økern (1898–1977), Norwegian skier
• Harald Schmid (born 1957), German athlete
• Harald Schumacher (born 1954), German footballer
• Harald Strøm (1897–1977), Norwegian speed skater
• Harald Sunde (footballer) (born 1944), Norwegian footballer
• Harald Tammer (1899–1942), Estonian journalist, athlete and weightlifter
• Harald Nilsen Tangen (born 2001), Norwegian footballer
• Harald Winkler (born 1962), Austrian bobsledder

Other people

• Harald T. Friis (1893–1976), Danish-American radio engineer
• Harald Glööckler (born 1965), German fashion designer
• Harald Keres (1912–2010), Estonian physicist
• Harald Johan Løbak (1904–1985), Norwegian politician
• Harald Løvenskiold (1926–1994), Norwegian businessman
• Harald T. Nesvik (born 1966), Norwegian politician
• Harald Petersen (1893–1970), Danish politician
• Harald Sandberg (born 1950), Swedish diplomat
• Harald Sverdrup (disambiguation)

Fictional

• Harald Hilding Markurell, the main character of Swedish novel Markurells of Wadköping (1919) by Hjalmar Bergman
• Harald Petersen, a playwright in The Group (1963) by Mary McCarthy

Other uses

• Harald (restaurant), a chain of restaurants in Finland

See also

• Harold (disambiguation)
• Herald (disambiguation)
• Herod (disambiguation)