Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Harald Fairhair

Battles of Harald Fairhair

King of Norway, AD 851 to AD 933

Harald Fairhair is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 870 and AD 872: 3 battles and 1 naval action, all in present-day Norway. Taken in date order, the sites lie 579 km apart end to end, 193 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Unification of Norway (4).

Battle of OrkdalFirst Battle of SolskjelSecond Battle of SolskjelBattle of HafrsfjordBattle of OrkdalFirst Battle of SolskjelSecond Battle of SolskjelBattle of HafrsfjordOsloBergenSkienHaugesundLillehammerMoldeDrammenÅlesundMossGjøvik200 km61.108N, 7.748E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 870: 3 engagements3 in AD 870AD 872: 1 engagementsAD 870AD 872
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Orkdal, AD 870First Battle of Solskjel, AD 870Second Battle of Solskjel, AD 870Battle of Hafrsfjord, AD 872AD 870AD 872
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
AD 870Battle of OrkdalOrkdal Municipality, NorwayVestfold victory
AD 870First Battle of SolskjelSolskjelsøya, Norway82 km WVestfold victory
AD 870Second Battle of SolskjelSolskjelsøya, Norway0 km NVestfold victory
18 July AD 872Battle of HafrsfjordHafrsfjord, Norway497 km SVestfold victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Tokle, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.