Helgi Hvassi (Fridleifsson) Olofsson (796 - 850)

Born 0796 in Ringerike, Akershus, Norway

Descendants

Died 0850 at about age 54 in Ringerike, Akershus, Norway

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Biography

The Tale of Ragnar’s Sons speaks of Helgi Hvassi as being the brother of Gudrod, son of Olaf, son of Hring, son of Ingjald, son of Ingi, son of Hring who named Ringerike in Norway.^[1]

It also says that he stayed in Denmark with Aslaug, the mother of Sigurd Snake-In-Eye, after a battle where both Sigurd and Gudrod, Helgi's brother, died. Aslaug and Helgi were later married and had a son, Sigurd Hjort.^[1]

According to English Wikipedia;

In Ragnarssona þáttr, Helgi the Sharp, prince of Ringerike (Old Norse: Helgi Hvassi) was a grandson of king Ring II of Ringerike and the brother of Guðrøðr, the king of Ringerike and they lived in the 9th century.

and

Helgi married Harthacanute's twin sister, also named Aslaug, and they had the son Sigurd Hart. (Sigurd Hiort)

The original text of Þáttr af Ragnars sonum from heimskringla.no^[2] reads;

• Sigurðr ormr í auga ok Björn járnsíða ok Hvítserkr höfðu herjat víða um Frakkland. Þá sneri Björn heim til ríkis síns. Eptir þat barðist Örnúlfr keisari við þá bræðr, ok fell þá af Dönum ok Norðmönnum hundrað þúshundraða. Þar fell þá Sigurðr ormr í auga, ok Guðröðr hét annarr konungr, er þar fell. Hann var sonr Óláfs Hringssonar, Ingjaldssonar, Ingasonar, Hringssonar, er Hringaríki er við kennt. Hann var sonr Dags ok Þóru drengjamóður. Þau áttu níu syni, ok er af þeim komin Döglinga ætt. Helgi hvassi hét bróðir Guðröðar. Hann hafði brott ór orrostunni merki Sigurðar orms í auga ok sverð hans ok skjöld. Hann fór heim til Danmarkar með sínu liði ok fann þar Áslaugu, móður Sigurðar, ok sagði henni tíðendin.

Research Notes

• Possible this profile is a bad merge between Name: Helgi 'The Bold' /FRIDLEIFSSON/ and Name: Helgi the Sharp /of RINGERIKE/
• According to "Þáttr af Ragnars sonum" he was son of Olof. Therefore Frodasson-30 has been removed as father of this profile and his wife Haraldsdottir-65 has been removed as mother. Andersson-4409 09:45, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Tale of Ragnar’s Sons, chapter 5, accessed 7 Aug 2018
2. ↑ https://heimskringla.no/wiki/%C3%9E%C3%A1ttr_af_Ragnars_sonum

See also:

• Helgi the Sharp at Wikipedia, accessed 7 Aug 2018