Qualla: Battle of Fitjar https://qualla.com/battle-of-fitjar en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:35 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Fitjar https://qualla.com/battle-of-fitjar Battle of Fitjar: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-fitjar/ Haakon the Good wore a golden helmet to battle, and it did not save him. In the year 961, on the island of Stord in the county of Hordaland, the king of Norway fought his final engagement against three of his brother's sons -- men who had sailed from Denmark to take his crown. Haakon won the Battle of Fitjar. His forces drove the invaders back. But the king took a wound that could not be mended, and as he lay dying, he made a decision that still puzzles historians: he handed his kingship to Harald Greycloak, the very nephew whose army had just tried to kill him.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/4/e/u/battle-of-fitjar-wp/u4eu-battle-of-fitjar-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Fitjar: Blood and Ambition Along the Fjords https://qualla.com/battle-of-fitjar/ The battle was the culmination of a long and bitter family feud. Haakon I of Norway -- called "the Good" for his attempts to bring Christianity and peace to a fractious kingdom -- was the son of Harald Fairhair and the uncle of the sons of Eric Bloodaxe. Eric had been king before...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/4/e/u/battle-of-fitjar-wp/u4eu-battle-of-fitjar-blood-and-ambition-along-the-fjords.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Fitjar: Surprise on Stord https://qualla.com/battle-of-fitjar/ The three brothers landed unnoticed on Hordaland and caught Haakon at Fitjar, a village on the western coast of Stord. Despite the ambush, Haakon rallied his forces. The fighting was fierce enough to be remembered in detail by the saga writers generations later. Haakon's army car...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/4/e/u/battle-of-fitjar-wp/u4eu-battle-of-fitjar-surprise-on-stord.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Fitjar: A Crown That Brought No Peace https://qualla.com/battle-of-fitjar/ Harald Greycloak and his brothers became kings of Norway after Haakon's death, but their authority scarcely extended beyond western Norway. The Christian sons of Eric angered their subjects by destroying pagan shrines, and years of war had exhausted the population. Harald ruled a...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/4/e/u/battle-of-fitjar-wp/u4eu-battle-of-fitjar-a-crown-that-brought-no-peace.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Fitjar: The Poet and the Golden Helmet https://qualla.com/battle-of-fitjar/ What endures most vividly from the Battle of Fitjar is not the politics but the poetry. Haakon's court poet, the skald Eyvindr skaldaspillir, composed Hakonarmal, a memorial poem that describes the battle, the king's death, and his reception by the gods in Valhalla. It is one of ...

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