The program features LaVerne Christianson. Appearing in traditional costume, Christianson will tell the story of Harald Siggurdson Hardrada, the last Viking king. The story begins with the Battle ...

His short reign gave his descendents, who included Harald Hardrada, King of Norway, a claim to the English throne. When Harold Godwinson became king of England on the death of Edward the Confessor ...

If published as a novel, the life of Harald Hardrada (c.?1015-1066) could quite easily be dismissed as highly improbable, yet, as one critic wrote many years ago in Amra, a publication devoted to ...

The King of Norway, Harald Hardrada, was a very experienced Viking warrior with a formidable reputation. He believed his father should have been king. So he invaded England. He was encouraged in ...