Ragnhild or Ragnhildr is a Nordic feminine given name, and may refer to:

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* Ragnhild (saint) (), Swedish saint * Ragnhildr, mother of

Harald I of Norway Harald Fairhair no, Harald hårfagreModern Icelandic: ( – ) was a Norwegian king. According to traditions current in Norway and Iceland in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, he reigned from 872 to 930 and was the first King of Norw ...

* Ragnhildr ''in ríka'', daughter of Eric of Jutland, wife to Harald Fairhair and mother of Eric Bloodaxe, e.g. in ''Heimskringla'' * Ragnhildr, daughter of Erling Skialgson, brother-in-law to Óláfr Tryggvason *Ragnhild, daughter of

Amlaíb mac Sitriuc Amlaíb mac Sitriuc ("Amhlaeibh, son of Sitric") or Olaf Sigtryggsson, was the son of Sigtrygg Silkbeard, the Hiberno-Norse King of Dublin, and Sláine, the daughter of Brian Boru. A member of the Uí Ímair dynasty, his ancestors also included ...

of Dublin and mother of Gruffudd ap Cynan of Gwynedd * Ragnhild (962-1002), under the Slavic name of

Rogneda of Polotsk Rogneda of Polotsk (962–1002) is the Slavic name for Ragnheiðr, a Princess consort of Rus'. She was the daughter of Ragnvald (Slavic: Rogvolod) who came from Scandinavia and established himself at Polotsk in the mid-10th century. Life It ...

princess of Principality of Polotsk, princess consort of Rus' *

Princess Ragnhild of Norway Princess Ragnhild, Mrs Lorentzen (Ragnhild Alexandra; 9 June 1930 – 16 September 2012), was the eldest child of King Olav V of Norway and Princess Märtha of Sweden. She was the older sister of King Harald V and Princess Astrid. She was the fi ...

(1930–2012) *

Ragnhild Aamodt Ragnhild Margrethe Aamodt (born 9 September 1980, in Sarpsborg) is a Norwegian handball player. She currently plays for the Norwegian club Sarpsborg. Until March 2009 she also played for the Norwegian national team. She made her debut on the Nor ...

(born 1980), Norwegian handball player * Ragnhild Aarflot Kalland (born 1960), Norwegian politician for the Centre Party *

Ragnhild Barland Ragnhild Barland (29 September 1934 – 27 November 2015) was a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party, Labour Party. Barland was born in Holla, Telemark. She was elected to the Storting, Norwegian Parliament from Telemark in 1985, an ...

(1934–2015), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party * Ragnhild Eriksdotter (died 984), daughter of Eric Bloodaxe * Ragnhild Haga (born 1991), Norwegian cross-country skier *

Hildr Hrólfsdóttir Hildr or Ragnhildr Hrólfsdóttir was a 9th-century woman who is referenced in various Old Norse sources including ''Óláfs saga helga'', '' Orkneyinga saga'', and ''Landnámabók'' and is also one of the few female skalds from whom verses survi ...

(Ragnhildr Hrólfsdóttir), daughter of Hrólfr nefja and wife of Rognvald Eysteinsson *

Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir (born 29 April 1981) is an Icelandic actress and television presenter who is the assistant director of RÚV, the Icelandic national broadcaster. She is a former Miss Iceland. Life and career Ragnhildur was born K ...

(born 1981), Icelandic television personality * Ragnhild Michelsen (1911–2000), Norwegian actress *

Ragnhild Mowinckel Ragnhild Mowinckel (born 12 September 1992) is a Norwegian World Cup alpine ski racer, representing the club SK Rival. Career Born in Molde, Møre og Romsdal, Mowinckel won the gold medal at the Junior World Championships in 2012 in the gian ...

(born 1992), Norwegian alpine skier *

Ragnhild Sigurdsdotter The name Ragnhild Sigurdsdotter may refer to two different figures from Old Norse literature, an amalgam of them, or a purely fictitious figure. * The wife of Halfdan the Elder (c. 810 – c. 860) * A woman who lived during the late 9th and/ ...

, daughter of Sigurd Hart, identified as the mother of Harald I of Norway in the ''Ragnarssona þáttr''

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*Ragnhild, the daughter of archaeologist Sigurd Swenson in the film ''

Gåten Ragnarok ''Gåten Ragnarok '' (lit. "The Riddle Ragnarok") or just simply ''Ragnarok'' is a 2013 Norwegian fantasy adventure film about the legendary story of Ragnarök. Archaeologist Sigurd Swenson sets off to Finnmark in search of new physical evidenc ...

'' (2013) *, a number of ships with this name *Ragnhild Hansen, one of the children stolen by the witches in ''

The Witches (novel) ''The Witches'' is a children's dark fantasy novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story is set partly in Norway and partly in England, and features the experiences of a young English boy and his Norwegian grandmother in a world where child-hat ...

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