Harald

Harald is the Old Norse form of the given name Harold (Proto-Germanic *harja-waldaz).

Medieval

Kings of Denmark

• Harald Bluetooth (935–985/986)
• Harald II of Denmark (died 1018)
• Harald III of Denmark (c. 1040–1080)

Kings of England

• Harold Harefoot (c. 1015–1040)
• Harold Godwinson (c. 1022 – October 14, 1066)

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

• Harald Olafsson (died 1248)

Earls of Orkney

• Harald Haakonsson (died 1131)
• Harald Maddadsson (c. 1134–1206)
• 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 (c. 785–c. 852), 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 (born 1936), German virologist
• Harald Stümpke, pseudonym of Gerolf Steiner (1908–2009), German zoologist

Sport

• Harald Aabrekk (born 1956), Norwegian footballer and coach
• Harald Andersson (1907–1985), Swedish athlete
• Harald Berg (born 1941), Norwegian footballer
• Harald Bohr (1887–1951), Danish Olympic silver medalist football player and mathematician; 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 Kaarmann (1901–1942), Estonian footballer
• Harald Lechner (born 1982), Austrian professional football referee
• 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 Strøm (1897–1977), Norwegian speed skater
• Harald Sunde (footballer) (born 1944), Norwegian footballer
• Harald Tammer (1899–1942), Estonian journalist, athlete and weightlifter
• Harald Winkler (born 1962), Austrian bobsledder

Other people

• 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 T. Friis (1893–1976), Danish-American radio engineer
• 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 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 Sandberg (born 1950), Swedish diplomat
• Harald Sunde (general) (born 1954), Norwegian military officer, Chief of Defence of Norway
• Harald Sverdrup (disambiguation)
• Harald Turner (1891–1947), German Nazi SS commander executed for war crimes
• Harald Nicolai Storm Wergeland (1814–1893), Norwegian military officer, politician and mountaineer

Fictional

• Harald Hilding Markurell, main character of the Swedish writer Hjalmar Bergman`s most famous novel, " Markurells of Wadköping " , from 1919 .

Other uses

• Harald (restaurant)

See also

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