King Harald Fairhair Coloring Page

Harald Fairhair is remembered as the king who joined many small kingdoms into one Norway. The sagas say he fought a big sea battle at Hafrsfjord around 872 to win control of the western coast.

One saga tells that he made a vow not to cut or comb his hair until he ruled all of Norway, and that it grew into a wild tangle. When he finally got his haircut, he is said to have gone from “Tanglehair” to “Fairhair.” That story was written down about 300 years later, so it may be more legend than fact.