Álfhildr was the name of several women in Norse mythology and legend. The name is composed of Old Norse words, ''alf'' 'elf, fairy' and ''hildr'' 'battle'.
[ As of 2010 it was common in Norway.]Magnus the Good
Magnus Olafsson (Old Norse: ''Magnús Óláfsson''; Norwegian and Danish: ''Magnus Olavsson''; – 25 October 1047), better known as Magnus the Good (Old Norse: ''Magnús góði'', Norwegian and Danish: ''Magnus den gode''), was King of Norwa ...
* Álfhildr (Gautreks saga), the daughter of king Harald of Wendland and wife of Geatish king Gautrekr {{Unreferenced, date=December 2009
Gautrekr was a legendary Geatish king who appears in several sources, such as '' Gautreks saga'', ''Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar'', '' Bósa saga ok Herrauðs'', ''Ynglinga saga'', ''Nafnaþulur'' (part of the ''Pro ...
*Alfhild, daughter of the Geatish king Siward; see Alf and Alfhild
According to the ''Gesta Danorum'', Alfhild, daughter of the Geatish king Siward, was a shieldmaiden who had her own fleet of longships with crews of young female pirates and raided along the coasts of the Baltic Sea.
As a young princess, Alfhi ...
*Alfhild, daughter of Vingulmark king Gandalf Alfgeirsson
Gandalf Alfgeirsson (Old Norse: ''Gandálf Álfgeirsson'') was a legendary king of the petty kingdom Alfheim, in south-eastern Norway and south-western Sweden He is portrayed in Snorri Sturluson's saga ''Heimskringla''.
Heimskringla relates that ...
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