Ragnhildr

Ragnhildr (Old Norse) or Ragnhild, a Nordic female name, may refer to:

Female characters in the kings' sagas and þættir

• Ragnhild Sigurdsdotter, daughter of Sigurd Hart, identified as the mother of Harald I of Norway in the Ragnarssona þáttr.
• Ragnhildr, mother of Harald I of Norway
• Ragnhildr in ríka, daughter of Eric of Jutland, wife to Harald Fairhair and mother of Eric Bloodaxe, eg. in Heimskringla
• Ragnhildr, daughter of Eric Bloodaxe in Orkneyinga Saga and other kings' sagas.
• Hildr Hrólfsdóttir, i.e. Ragnhildr or Hildr, daughter of Hrólfr nefja and wife of Rognvald Eysteinsson
• Ragnhildr, daughter of Erling Skialgson, brother-in-law to Óláfr Tryggvason

Name on runestones

• Glavendrup stone (DR 209)
• Tryggevælde Runestone (DR 230), where Ragnhildr is called sister of Ulf.
• U 540

Other

Ragnhild remains a common first name today. Some examples:

• Princess Ragnhild of Norway
• Ragnhild Aamodt, Norwegian handball player
• Ragnhild Aarflot Kalland, Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.
• Ragnhild Barland
• Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
• Ragnhild (saint), Swedish saint.