Helgi "the Sharp" Fridleifsson, King of Ringerike - Too many Helgi the Sharps?

Just a generation mix with his grandfather?

the Gudrød he's listed as son of is, unfortunately, Gudrød Halfdansson.... and Halfdan Milde is definitely not identified with anyone named Ring in the sources I'm aware of.

This is the usual construction:
http://lind.no/nor/index.asp?lang=gb&emne=asatru&person=Sig...

both fathers are recent additions to the tree i'd disconnect both of them.

The second 1/2 of the About is in Danish, according to Google, so i shouldn't have to explain it to you :) I would guess that his wife Aslaug has been confused with her grandmother by somebody with the grandmother's story ending up in Helgi's About somehow. So i would delete that too.

As for who he actually is i found this, perhaps it will help:

"Dagling or Dögling was a legendary clan of the petty kingdom Ringerike. It was descended from a Dag the Great. One of the sons of Dag the Great according to Hversu Noregr Byggðist was Óli, who was the father of Dag, the father of Óleif the father of Hring (the old king Ring of Frithiof's Saga), the father of Olaf, the father of Helgi, the father of Sigurd Hjort, the father of Ragnhild, who was the mother of Harald Fairhair(Harald Hafdi)."

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringerike#History

Fathers of Helgi removed (for now).

the second half of his About is actually about Aslaug Kraka, not about him. Looks weird.

I think this is "Dag the Great" King Dag "the Great" Halvdansson of Ringerike

Which would make this profile, Olav Ringsson, of Ringerike, "Olaf, the father of Helgi"

so i will connect here as there does not seem to be a better candidate that i can find.

Note: the dates dont match but in this part of the tree it's not really a concern :)

Before: Olav Ringsson is my 40th great grandfather.
After: Olav Ringsson is my 30th great grandfather.

Before! Ring II OLEIVSSON is my 41st great grandfather.
After! Ring II OLEIVSSON is my 31st great grandfather.

; )

Could a Curator edit the name fields, whoever Fridleif was he's been lost among the merges.

Private User that sounds suspicious.

Alex Moes both Dag and Olav are quite common names. From the sources quoted, it seems that it's either Helgi son of Olav son of Dag or Helgi son of Dag.

Can you fill in the "about me" on Olav too with the saga he's quoted in (Hversu Noregr Byggdist)? Note - the Heimskringla link to Hversu doesn't work any more - there's a new link on the Scandinavian Sagas project page.

FWIW, Fridleif (Leif the peaceful) was the name of two kings in the Danish line descended from Skjold, who was said to be Odin's son (Skjoldungane).

The younger of the two didn't have a very peaceful time, so was nicknamed "Hær-Leif" (army-Leif), but still listed as Fridleif in the descendant charts.

Offhand, I can't remember a saga linking them to Helgi the Sharp!

No problem, Harald will do that happily

BTW - watching the dates can be useful - but only the first few digits.

For instance, there are 2 Bjørn Jernsida in the tree that I know of - one was a son of Ragnar Lodbrok, the other was a Danish prince around 1000 who was murdered by his brother.

At one time, the two were merged. Now they're disentangled, and I hope they stay that way.

Differing years are no worry. Differing centuries .... take care.

Helgi "the Sharp", King of Ringerike??

possibly King Helgi

Harald, the link on the Sagas Project still takes me to http://www.heimskringla.no/wiki/Hovedside which does not work.

@alex, Heimskringla still has a lot of useful material, just not "Hvorledes Norge ble bosatt".

There's a special link entitled ""Hvorledes Norge ble bosatt" from "Flateyarbok"" - and a generic link further down to norsesaga.no.

garg - the "king helgi" tree is such a mess, it's not really worth merging....
Helgi "the keen" is a standalone profile - merging him is a mercy.