Ivar Halfdansson
Ivar Halfdansson ' is a semi-legendary figure mentioned in medieval Norse sources, particularly in the Hversu Noregr byggðist, an appendix to the Flateyjarbók. He is described as:
- A petty king or jarl from the Oppland region in Norway.
- The son of Halfdan the Old, a figure often viewed as an ancestral patriarch in Norse genealogy.
- Most notably, Ivar is considered an ancestor of Harald Fairhair, the first king to unite Norway.
Traditional sources state that he was the father of Eystein Glumra and, according to the Orkneyinga Saga'', an ancestor of both the Earls of Orkney and Rollo of Normandy.