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In the Flateyjar Book, Vol. I, we read,
“Rögn-wald Jarl conquered the country with Harald
Hair-fair, who gave him the rule over the two Maeri’s
and Romsdahl. He was married to Ranghild,
daughter of Rolf Nefjä; their son was Rolf, who won
North-mandi. From him are descended the Rouen Jarls
and the kings of England,”
In Landnamabook, IV, 8, we read, “Rögnwald
Jarl of Maeri, was the son of Eystein Glumsa, son of
Ivar Uppland Jarl, son of Halfdan the Old;
Rögnwald was married to Ragnhild, daughter of Rolf
Nef jä. The sons of Rögnwald were: Ivar, who fell
in the Hebrides when with King Harald Fairhair;
Gauge Rolf, who won Northmandi, and from whom
the Rnda (Rouen) jarls are descended as well as
kings of England.
Another quotation from the Flateyjarbook, Vol. I,
Chapter I, reads: “King Ilarald was the son of Hal£*
dan (The Black), King in Upland; Halfdan the
Black’s father was Gudröd Veidikonung (hunting
king), son of Halfdan, who was called the liberal
and food-stingy.”
The statements set one a-thinking. Upland is a
Swedish province, retaining its name even today.
One of the most powerful tribes of early Sweden
(Svearne) dwelt here. Some time in the early ninth
century Halfdan the Black came from Denmark with
a powerful army, defeated the Swedish King Ane,
and ruled Upland for twenty-five years. At his
death, King Ane once more returned to Svithjod,
defeated Halfdan’s son, Ilarald the Fairhair, and
regained his throne. Ilarald then set out for Norway,
in company with Rögnwald and a host of faithful
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