Haraldshaugen - Norway's National Monument

Haraldshaugen March 2014

A short clip from Haraldshaugen in Haugesund.

A Viking King is buried here.

A Norwegian national monument.

Snorre's sagas of the kings mention the site where Harald Fairhair is buried. In the nineteenth century it was believed the place described by Snorre had been located. This is where the national monument of the unification of Norway was erected in 1872, during the millennial celebrations of Norway's unification into one kingdom. The monument is located 2km north of the town centre.

(Norges eneste Riksmonument)

A short visit to Haugesund (Norway/Norge)

(EN) Haugesund is a town and municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The town is the main population centre of the Haugaland region in northern Rogaland. The majority of the population of Haugesund lives in the main urban area surrounding the city centre, with the northwestern part of the municipality being fairly rural. Despite being a fairly young town, the areas around Haugesund were lands of power during the Viking Age. Harald Fairhair, the first king of Norway, had his home at Avaldsnes, very close to the present town. Fairhair was buried at Haraldshaugen, a burial mound adjacent to the Karmsundet strait. This site is the namesake of the town and municipality of Haugesund. The national monument at Haraldshaugen was raised in 1872, to commemorate the 1000th anniversary of the Battle of Hafrsfjord in 872. The Battle of Hafrsfjord has traditionally been regarded as when western Norway was unified under a single monarch for the first time.
The urban village area of Haugesund (population: 1,066) was declared to be a town and it was separated from the municipality of Torvastad on 1 February 1855 to become a separate municipality of its own. On 1 January 1911, a small urban area of Skåre (population: 3,847) that directly abutted the town of Haugesund was transferred to Haugesund. On 1 January 1958, the remainder of the municipality of Skåre was merged with the town of Haugesund, creating a larger Haugesund municipality. On 1 January 1965, the island of Vibrandsøy (population: 70) was transferred from Torvastad municipality to Haugesund.
Haugesund has a strong historical bond to the sea and especially the herring. In the earlier years, the coastal waters of Haugesund were a huge source for fishing herring, and the town grew accordingly. The protective straits of Smedasund and Karmsund gave the town potential to grow in both fishing and shipping. Even to this day, Karmsund is one of Norway's busiest waterways. The town is still growing geographically even though the population has increased only moderately the last decade. Today the herring is long gone, and the town is turning more and more towards the petroleum industry, like its neighbouring town to the south, Stavanger.
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Haraldshaugen og Haraldshaugen Camping - August 2019

Riksmonumentet Haraldshaugen, lokalt også kjent som Haraldsstøtten, er et monument til minne om Harald Hårfagres samling av Norge i 872. Støtten ble avduket i 1872 i forbindelse med tusenårsjubileet for slaget i Hafrsfjord, der Norge ifølge sagaen ble samlet til ett rike. Monumentet står på Gard like nord for bykjernen i Haugesund på stedet der Harald Hårfagre sies å ha blitt gravlagt.
Monumentet er tegnet av arkitekt Christian Christie, som en stor gravhaug omgitt av en granittmur med 29 bautasteiner, en fra hver av de gamle norske fylkene. På toppen av haugen står en 17 meter høy granittobelisk, med fire bronsepaneler rundt basis. Hvert av panelene avbilder viktige scener fra Harald Hårfagres liv og levnet.
Haraldshaugen har vært et av Haugesunds fremste klenodier helt siden avdukingen. I forbindelse med tusenårsskiftet ble Haraldshaugen valgt til Haugesunds tusenårssted. Nærmeste nabo til Haraldhaugen er Haraldshaugen Camping. En fortreffelig camping med alle fasiliteter og med utsikt mot Atlanterhavet/nordsjøen.


The national monument Haraldshaugen, locally also known as the Haralds monument, is a monument in memory of Harald Hårfagre's gathering of Norway in 872. The support was unveiled in 1872 in connection with the millennial anniversary of the Battle of Hafrsfjord, where Norway according to the saga was gathered into one kingdom. The monument stands on Gard just north of the city center in Haugesund at the site where Harald Hårfagre is said to have been buried.
The monument was designed by architect Christian Christie, as a large burial mound surrounded by a granite wall with 29 stone boulders, one from each of the old Norwegian counties. At the top of the mound stands a 17 meter high granite Obelisk, with four bronze panels around the base. Each of the panels depicts important scenes from Harald Hårfagre's life and life.
Haraldshaugen has been one of Haugesund's foremost memorabilia since the unveiling. In connection with the turn of the millennium, Haraldshaugen was elected to Haugesund's Millennial Place. The closest neighbor to Haraldhaugen is Haraldshaugen Camping. A superb campsite with all amenities and overlooking the Atlantic / North Sea.

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Haugesund

Haugesund (HGSD)  is a town and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway. The town is the main population centre of the Haugaland and northern Rogaland area.


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Harald Fairhair

Harald Fairhair was remembered by medieval historians as the first King of Norway. According to traditions current in Norway and Iceland in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, he reigned from c. 872 to 930. Most of his life remains uncertain, since the extant accounts of his life in the sagas were set down in writing around three centuries after his lifetime. A few remnants of skaldic praise poems attributed to contemporary court poets exist which seem to refer to Harald's victories against opponents in Norway. The information supplied in these poems is inconsistent with the tales in the sagas in which they are transmitted, and the sagas themselves often disagree on the details of his background and biography. Two of his sons, Eric Bloodaxe and Haakon the Good, succeeded Harald to become kings after his death.
The only contemporary sources mentioning him are the two skaldic poems Haraldskvæði and Glymdrápa, which have been attributed to Þorbjörn Hornklofi or alternatively to Þjóðólfr of Hvinir. The first poem has only been preserved in fragments in 13th century Kings' sagas. It describes life at Harald's court, mentions that he took a Danish wife, and that he won a battle at Hafrsfjord. The second relates a series of battles Harald won.


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