HALFDANSSON Ivar Vidfamne

Abt 0630 - Abt 0700  (70 years)

• Name	HALFDANSSON Ivar Vidfamne
  Birth	Abt 0630	Scandinavia (Scania)
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 0700
  Notes	Enligt Snorre Sturlassons Ynglingasaga från 1200-talet skall Åsa, dotter till sveakonungen Ingjald illråde, ha eggat sin make kung Gudröd av Skåne att ta livet av sin bror Halvdan (därefter lät hon mörda maken Gudröd också och flydde sedan till sin far). Halvdans son Ivar skall då ha samlat en stor här i Skåne och gav sig sedan av till Svealand för att hämnas sin fader. Inför detta hot från en övermäktig här skall Ingjald och hans dotter Åsa bränt inne sig. Därefter kunde Ivar lägga Ingjalds rike under sig, för att citera SBL "hela Danmark ("Danaveldi"), en stor del av Tyskland ("Saxland"), Östersjöns östra kust ("Austr-riki") och en femtedel av England". Ivar skall även blivit stamfar för de senare konungarna av Danmark och Sverige. Hervararsagan skall precisera uppgifterna om I:s rike "som i öster skall ha omfattat Kurland och Estland, i söder västra "Saxland" och i väster Northumberland". Källor Ivar vidfamne, https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/artikel/11998, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Hans Gillingstam), hämtad 2021-05-24. Biography Supposed to be king in what in modern-day is Scania/Skåne, Sweden. According to Snorre Sturlasson he also became king in Svitjod, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Saxland, Kurland, Estland, Gårdarike and Northern England (Northumbria). He is, however, not mentioned at all in Saxo's Grammaticus Gesta Danorum, where Sigurd Ring instead is the king to follow after Ingjald Illråde. Ynglingasaga Ivar Vidfame son of Halfdan III Haraldsson, who was brother of Gudrod King of Skaane. Gudrod's wife was Aasa daughter of Ingjald the Bad. She brought it about that Gudrod killed Halfdan then brought about the death of King Gudord, fleeing to her father. With Gudrod dead Ivar returned to Skaane and, raising an army there, invaded Sweden. Seeing their end Ingjald and Aasa set their hall afire and were killed. Ivar then subdued all Sweden. [1] Please note that there might be translation errors in this book as there actually was no "Sweden" when this profile is supposed to have lived. Name(s) Norrønt: Ívarr inn víðfaðmi Mentioned as; Ivar, Iwer, Ifuer, Iffuer Byname: Vidfamne, Vidfame, Vidfadme, Vijdfadme Parents and family According to Ynglingasaga, his father was Hálfdan Snjalli Haraldsson. According to Hervararsaga, his mother was a descendant of a royal line of the Ostrogoths. Another suggestion is that his mother is said to have been Moalda the Stout. [2] Spouse(s) and children Father of Aud Djupaudga (who first married Hrörek of Lejre and then Radbard of Gårdarike]. Death and burial Ivar Vidfamne is said to have drowned on a journey to Gårdarike (today Novgorod, Russia). Any burial place is not known. Research Notes He can be found with a wife named Gauthild in online family trees, but his wife is not named in the sagas. Sources ↑ Snorri Sturluson: Sagas of the Norse Kings. Translated by Samuel Laing, revised by Peter Foote MA. Everyman's Library Dutton New York SBN 460 00847 1 Page 36/37 ↑ The viking age: the early history, manners, and customs of the ancestors of the English speaking nations. Page 434 See also; https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivar_Vidfamne https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivar_Vidfadme https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivar_Vidfamne Wikipedia: Ivar Vidfamne
  Person ID	I58767	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	HARALDSSON Hálfdan Snjalli,   b. Abt 0595, Scandinavia (Sweden) d. 0650, Scandinavia (Age 55 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	UNKNOWN Moald Digra,   b. Abt 0590   d. Scandinavia
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F26152	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. IVARSDOTTIR Aud Djupaudga,   b. Abt 0645, Scandinavia d. Abt 0709, Scandinavia (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F347260	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026