Harald

Harald or Haraldr is the Old Norse form of the given name Harold. It may refer to:

Middle Ages

Kings of Denmark

Harald Bluetooth (935–985/986)

Kings of Norway

Harald Fairhair (c. 850–c. 933)
Harald Greycloak (died 970)
Harald Hardrada (1015–1066)
Harald Gille (reigned 1130–1136)

Grand Dukes of Kiev

Mstislav the Great (1076–1132), known as Harald in Norse sagas

King of Mann and the Isles

Haraldr Óláfsson (died 1248)

Earls of Orkney

Others

Hagrold (fl. 944–954), also known as Harald, Scandinavian chieftain in Normandy
Harald Grenske (10th century), petty king in Vestfold in Norway
Harald Klak (c. 785–c. 852), king in Jutland
Harald Wartooth, legendary king of Sweden, Denmark and Norway
Harald the Younger, 9th-century Viking leader

Modern world

Royalty

Harald V of Norway (1937–2026)
Prince Harald of Denmark (1876–1949)

Academia

Harald Beyer (literary historian) (1891–1960)
Harald Bohr (1887–1951), Danish mathematician
Harald Cramér (1893–1985), Swedish mathematician, actuary, and statistician
Harald zur Hausen (1936–2023), German virologist
Harald Helfgott (born 1977), Peruvian mathematician
Harald Høffding (1843–1931), Danish philosopher and theologian
Harald Keres (1912–2010), Estonian physicist
Harald Herborg Nielsen (1903–1973), American physicist
Harald Stümpke, pseudonym of Gerolf Steiner (1908–2009), German zoologist
Harald Sverdrup (oceanographer) (Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, 1888–1957), Norwegian oceanographer and meteorologist
Harald Welzer (born 1958), German social psychologist and author

Arts and entertainment

Harald Blüchel (born 1963), German electronic music artist
Herald Eelma (born 1934), Estonian printmaker, book illustrator and art educator
Harald Glööckler (born 1965), German fashion designer
Harald Heide-Steen Jr. (1939–2008), Norwegian actor and comedian
Harald Juhnke (1929–2005), German actor and comedian
Harald Lander (1905–1971), Danish ballet dancer and choreographer
Harald Martenstein (born 1953), German journalist, columnist and writer
Harald Reinl (1908–1986), Austrian film director
Harald Rønneberg (born 1973), Norwegian television personality
Harald Sæverud (1897–1992), Norwegian composer
Harald Schmidt (born 1957), German actor and comedian
Harald Serafin (1931–2025), Austrian opera singer and artistic director
Harald Sverdrup (writer) (1923–1992), Norwegian poet and children's writer
Harald Szeemann (1933–2005), Swiss curator and art historian
Harald Zwart (born 1965), Norwegian film director

Military

Harald Auffarth (1896–1946), German flying ace of the First World War
Harald Freiherr von Elverfeldt (1900–1945), German general of the Second World War
Harald Hægermark (1894–1965), Swedish Army lieutenant general
Harald Nugiseks (1921–2014), Estonian army sergeant
Harald Öhquist (1891–1971), Finnish general of the Second World War
Harald Riipalu (1912–1961), Estonian military commander
Harald Sunde (general) (born 1954), Norwegian military officer, Chief of Defence of Norway
Harald Turner (1891–1947), German Nazi SS commander executed for war crimes
Harald Nicolai Storm Wergeland (1814–1893), Norwegian military officer, politician and mountaineer
Harald Åkermark (1873–1963), Swedish Navy vice admiral

Politics

Harald Fälth (born 1947), Swedish jurist, politician and diplomat
Harald Johan Løbak (1904–1985), Norwegian politician
Harald T. Nesvik (born 1966), Norwegian politician
Harald Orthey (born 1968), German politician
Harald Petersen (1893–1970), Danish politician
Harald Sandberg (born 1950), Swedish diplomat
Harald Servus (born 1965), Austrian politician
Harald Ulrik Sverdrup (politician) (1813–1891), Norwegian priest and politician

Sport

Harald Aabrekk (born 1956), Norwegian footballer and coach
Harald Østberg Amundsen (born 1998), Norwegian cross-country skier
Harald Andersson (1907–1985), Swedish athlete
Harald Baker (1882–1962), Australian rugby union footballer
Harald Berg (born 1941), Norwegian footballer
Harald Bohr (1887–1951), Danish Olympic football player and mathematician, and brother of Niels Bohr
Harald Brattbakk (born 1971), Norwegian footballer
Harald Cerny (born 1973), Austrian footballer
Harald Grohs (born 1944), German racing driver
Harald Grønningen (1934–2016), Norwegian skier
Harald Hasselbach (1967–2023), Dutch football player
Harald Hudak (1957–2024), German middle-distance runner
Harald Kaarmann (1901–1942), Estonian footballer
Harald Koch (born 1969), Austrian badminton player
Harald Lechner (born 1982), Austrian professional football referee
Harald Maartmann (1926–2021), Norwegian cross-country skier
Harald Mothes (1956–2026), German footballer
Harald Nielsen (1941–2015), Danish footballer
Harald Nielsen (boxer) (1902–1983), Danish boxer
Harald Økern (1898–1977), Norwegian skier
Harald Schmid (born 1957), German athlete
Harald Schumacher (born 1954), German footballer
Harald Strøm (1897–1977), Norwegian speed skater
Harald Sunde (footballer) (born 1944), Norwegian footballer
Harald Tammer (1899–1942), Estonian journalist, athlete and weightlifter
Harald Nilsen Tangen (born 2001), Norwegian footballer
Harald Winkler (born 1962), Austrian bobsledder
Harald Woxen (born 2008), Norwegian footballer

Other fields

Harald T. Friis (1893–1976), Danish-American radio engineer
Harald Løvenskiold (1926–1994), Norwegian businessman
Harald Ulrik Sverdrup (engineer) (1846–1916), Norwegian engineer

Fictional characters

Harald Hilding Markurell, main character of the Swedish 1919 novel Markurells of Wadköping 1919 by Hjalmar Bergman
Harald Petersen, a playwright in The Group (1963) by Mary McCarthy
Harald, a supporting character in the Elbaph arc of the Japanese manga One Piece by Eiichiro Oda

Harald

Middle Ages

Kings of Denmark

Kings of Norway

Grand Dukes of Kiev

King of Mann and the Isles

Earls of Orkney

Others

Modern world

Royalty

Academia

Arts and entertainment

Military

Politics

Sport

Other fields

Fictional characters

See also