# Harald

Harald or Haraldr is the Old Norse form of the given name Harold. It may refer to:

## Medieval
### Kings of Denmark

* Harald Bluetooth (935–985/986)

### Kings of Norway

* Harald Fairhair (c. 850–c. 933)
* Harald Greycloak (died 970)
* Harald Hardrada (1015–1066)
* Harald Gille (reigned 1130–1136)

### Grand Dukes of Kiev

* Mstislav the Great (1076–1132), known as Harald in Norse sagas

### King of Mann and the Isles

* Haraldr Óláfsson (died 1248)

### Earls of Orkney

* Harald Haakonsson (died 1131)
* Harald Maddadsson (c. 1134–1206)
* Harald Eiriksson

## Others

* Hagrold (fl. 944–954), also known as Harald, Scandinavian chieftain in Normandy
* Harald Grenske (10th century), petty king in Vestfold in Norway
* Harald Klak (c. 785–c. 852), king in Jutland
* Harald Wartooth, legendary king of Sweden, Denmark and Norway
* Harald the Younger, 9th-century Viking leader

## Modern name
### Royalty

* Harald V of Norway (born 1937), present King of Norway
* Prince Harald of Denmark (1876–1949)

### 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 Hudak (1957–2024), German middle-distance runner
* 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

* Harald T. Friis (1893–1976), Danish-American radio engineer
* Harald Glööckler (born 1965), German fashion designer
* Harald Keres (1912–2010), Estonian physicist
* Harald Johan Løbak (1904–1985), Norwegian politician
* Harald Løvenskiold (1926–1994), Norwegian businessman
* Harald T. Nesvik (born 1966), Norwegian politician
* Harald Petersen (1893–1970), Danish politician
* Harald Sandberg (born 1950), Swedish diplomat
* Harald Servus (born 1965), Austrian politician
* Harald Sverdrup (disambiguation)

## 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

* Harald (restaurant), a chain of restaurants in Finland