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Famous Norwegian Women on Stamps
QUEEN RAGNHILD (~800 A.D.)
"Queen Ragnhild's Dream" is an illustration from an ancient sagabook about Norwegian kings made by Snorri Sturluson. Click to enlargeShe had a dream about a tree growing so big that the branches spread all over the country and even longer. She was the daughter of a petty king and became the second wife of King Halvdan Svarte, a king in eastern Norway in the 9th century. Their first son, named Harald, later called "the Fairhaired", became the first, which succeeded to establish supremacy over all Norway, and made a united Norwegian kingdom.