Ragnvald Sigurdsson (c. 750 - after 814) was a semi-legendary lord of Huseby, in Lista (modern Norway). He is best known for the marriage of his daughter, Gunnhild Ragnvaldsdatter, to Harald Granraude, king of Agder. Ragnvald also had a son, Olve Ragnvaldsson. Ragnvald is not mentioned in accounts of events after 814, when Harald Granraude was killed by Gudrød the Hunter. Haraldr Hárfagri ("Harald Fair-hair"; c. 850 - c. 932), who has usually been regarded as the first King of Norway, was a great-great-grandson of Ragnvald Sigurdsson, a great-grandson of Harald Granraude and a grandson of Gudrød the Hunter.
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