[1] By the spring of 1183, he and Ivar Silke led an expedition to northern Norway against the viking Erling Vidkunnsson in Bjarkøy.
Being one of the most prominent men within Norway at the time, it was thus imperative for Sverre to gain his support during the civil war.
The proposed marriage between Cecilia and Bård was thus protested by Archbishop Øystein, who himself had applied a law revoking the previous right to divorce.
[3] With Cecilia, he had a son, Inge, who was later crowned King of Norway during the civil war era.
Bård had another son with Ragnfrid: Skule Bårdsson, a duke and a rival of King Haakon IV.