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Harald or Haraldr is the Old Norse form of the given name
Harold . It may refer to:
Medieval
Kings of Denmark
Kings of Norway
Grand Dukes of Kiev
King of Mann and the Isles
Earls of Orkney
Others
Modern name
Royalty
Arts and entertainment
Harald Blüchel (born 1963), German electronic music artist
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 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 Szeemann (1933–2005), Swiss curator and art historian
Harald Zwart (born 1965), Norwegian film director
Academia
Harald Beyer (literary historian) (1891–1960)
Harald Bohr (1887–1951), Danish mathematician
Harald Cramér (1893–1985), Swedish mathematician, actuary, and statistician
Harald Høffding (1843–1931), Danish philosopher and theologian
Harald Helfgott (born 1977), Peruvian mathematician
Harald Herborg Nielsen (1903–1973), American physicist
Harald zur Hausen (1936–2023), German virologist
Harald Stümpke , pseudonym of Gerolf Steiner (1908–2009), German zoologist
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
Sport
Harald Aabrekk (born 1956), Norwegian footballer and coach
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 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 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
Other people
Fictional
Harald Hilding Markurell, the main character of Swedish novel Markurells of Wadköping (1919) by
Hjalmar Bergman
Harald Petersen, a playwright in
The Group (1963) by Mary McCarthy
Other uses
See also
Topics referred to by the same term