Halfdan ("half
Dane") is an
Old Norse
Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants ...
masculine given name. In ''
Beowulf
''Beowulf'' (; ) is an Old English poetry, Old English poem, an Epic poetry, epic in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend consisting of 3,182 Alliterative verse, alliterative lines. It is one of the most important and List of translat ...
'' it is spelled Healfdene, and in Latin sources Haldan. It may refer to:
Mythical figures:
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Halfdan, legendary king of the Scyldings in Beowulf, who also appears in Norse mythology
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Halfdan the Old
Halfdan the Old (Old Norse: ''Hálfdanr gamli'' and ''Hálfdanr inn gamli'') was an ancient, legendary king from whom descended many of the most notable lineages of legend. A second Halfdan the Old is the purported great-grandfather of Ragnvald E ...
, ancient legendary king
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Halfdan Hvitbeinn, mythical petty king in Norway
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Halfdan the Valiant
Halfdan the Valiant (''Hálfdan snjalli'') (7th century?) was a legendary Scanian prince, who was the father of Ivar Vidfamne according to '' Hervarar saga'', the ''Ynglinga saga'', '' Njal's Saga'' and '' Hversu Noregr byggdist''. The genealogica ...
(7th century), legendary father of Ivar Vidfamne
*Hálfdan Brönufostri, subject of the legendary saga ''
Hálfdanar saga Brönufóstra''
*Halfdan Eysteinsson, subject of the legendary saga ''
Hálfdanar saga Eysteinssonar''
People:
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Halfdan (floruit 782–807)
Halfdan (, , Medieval : "half Dane") was a late 5th and early 6th century legendary Danish king of the Scylding (Skjöldung) lineage, the son of king named Fróði in many accounts, noted mainly as the father to the two kings who succeeded hi ...
, Danish client of the Franks
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Halfdan the Black (c. 820 – c. 860), father of Harald I of Norway
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Halfdan Ragnarsson
Halfdan Ragnarsson (; or ''Healfdene''; ; died 877) was a Viking leader and a commander of the Great Heathen Army which invaded the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England starting in 865.
Halfdan was one of six sons of Ragnar Lodbrok named in Norse ...
(died 877), Viking, leader of the Great Heathen Army
*Halfdan, possible name of the author of an
inscription on a Hagia Sofia parapet
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Halfdan Haraldsson the Black, Norwegian petty king and grandson of Halfdan the Black
*Halfdan, a joint King of Northumbria (reigned 902–910) – see
Eowils and Halfdan
Eowils and Halfdan (Healfdan) were kings in Danish (Viking) ruled Northumbria in the early tenth century.
Following the death of Alfred the Great in 899 the throne was disputed between his son Edward the Elder and Æthelwold, a son of Alfred's ...
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Halfdan the Mild
Halfdan (, , Medieval : "half Dane") was a late 5th and early 6th century legendary Danish king of the Scylding (Skjöldung) lineage, the son of king named Fróði in many accounts, noted mainly as the father to the two kings who succeeded hi ...
, son of King Eystein Halfdansson, of the House of Yngling
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Halfdan Bryn (1864–1933), Norwegian physician and physical anthropologist
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Halfdan Christensen
Halfdan Christensen (12 December 1873 – 17 September 1950) was a Norwegian stage actor and theatre director.
Biography
Christensen was born at Porsgrunn in Telemark, Norway. His family moved to Kristiania (now Oslo) where he attended Aars ...
(1873–1950), Norwegian stage actor and theatre director
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Halfdan Olaus Christophersen (1902–1980), Norwegian historian of ideas, non-fiction writer and World War II resistance member
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Halfdan E (born 1965), Danish film and television composer
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Halfdan Egedius (1877–1899), Norwegian painter and illustrator
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Halfdan Wexel Freihow (born 1959), Norwegian literary critic, novelist, editor and book publisher
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Halfdan Hegtun (1918–2012), Norwegian radio personality, comedian and writer, and politician
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Halfdan Holth (1880–1950), Norwegian veterinarian and professor
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Halfdan Jønsson (1891–1945), Norwegian trade unionist and World War II resistance member
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Halfdan Kjerulf (1815–1868), Norwegian composer
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Halfdan Lehmann (1825–1908), Norwegian government official
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Halfdan T. Mahler (1923–2016), Danish medical doctor and three-term director-general of the World Health Organization
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Halfdan Nielsen, Norwegian speedskater who set the world record in the 10,000 m in 1893
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Halfdan Rasmussen (1915–2002), Danish poet
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Halfdan Strøm (1863–1949), Norwegian painter
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Halfdan Sundt (1873–1951), Norwegian physician and politician
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Old Norse personal names