Harald

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

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

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 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 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