Issue
While the various sagas name anywhere from 11 to 20 sons of Harald in various contexts, the contemporary skaldic poem Hákonarmál says that Harald's son Haakon would meet only "eight brothers" when arriving in Valhalla. Only the following five names of sons can be confirmed from contemporary skaldic poems (with saga claims in parenthesis), while the full number of sons remains unknown:
- Eric Bloodaxe (by Ragnhild Eiriksdotter from Jutland, Denmark)
- Haakon the Good (by Tora Mosterstong from Moster, Sunnhordland)
- Ragnvald
- Bjørn (Bjørn Farmann?)
- Halvdan, possibly two by that name
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