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    Olaf II Haraldsson (c. 995 – 29 July 1030), also Olav Haraldsson, later known as Saint Olaf and Olaf the Holy, was King of Norway from 1015 to 1028. Son...
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    was King of Norway from 1035 and King of Denmark from 1042 until his death in 1047. Magnus was an illegitimate son of King Olaf II of Norway, and fled...
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    Olaf II of Denmark (December 1370 – 3 August 1387) was King of Denmark as Olaf II (though occasionally referred to as Olaf III) from 1376 and King of...
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    Olaf III or Olaf Haraldsson (Old Norse: Óláfr Haraldsson, Norwegian: Olav Haraldsson; c. 1050 – 22 September 1093), known as Olaf the Peaceful (Old Norse:...
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  • 1069) was King of Norway from 1066 to 1069, jointly with his brother Olaf Kyrre from 1067. He was not included in official Norwegian regnal lists until...
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  • Olaf II, Oluf II or Olof II may refer to: Olaf II of Norway, king, 995 – 29 July 1030 Amlaíb Cuarán, king of Dublin, c. 900–981 Olof Björnsson, king of...
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  • from 1139 Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf (c.877–c.934), Norwegian petty king Olaf I of Norway Tryggvason, 969–1000 Olaf II of Norway, or Saint Olaf, ruled 1015–1030...
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  • 995–1000) Olaf II of Norway, Olaf the Saint, (reigned 1015–1028) Olaf III of Norway, Olaf Kyrre, (reigned 1067–1093) Olaf Magnusson of Norway, (reigned...
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  • his body was then decapitated so that he could be reborn as Olaf II of Norway (St. Olaf). Two not necessarily conflicting hypotheses identify Geirstad...
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    (points of broken genealogy) in the medieval royal lineage in the so-called Fairhair dynasty are: whether either Olaf I of Norway or Olaf II of Norway descended...
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    Olaf Tryggvason (960s – 9 September 1000) was King of Norway from 995 to 1000. He was the son of Tryggvi Olafsson, king of Viken (Vingulmark, and Rånrike)...
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  • Sigurd Syr (category Articles with Norwegian-language sources (no))
    Olaf II of Norway. By his marriage with Åsta Gudbrandsdatter after her first husband Harald Grenske had died, Sigurd Syr was stepfather of King Olaf II...
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    Olof Skötkonung, (Norwegian: Óláfr skautkonungr; c. 980–1022) sometimes stylized as Olaf the Swede, was King of Sweden, son of Eric the Victorious and...
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    battle, King Olaf II of Norway (Óláfr Haraldsson) was killed. During the pontificate of Pope Alexander III, the Roman Catholic Church declared Olaf a saint...
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  • Ordulf, Duke of Saxony. Wulfhild was born in 1020 as the only legitimate child of King Olaf II of Norway and his wife Astrid Olofsdotter of Sweden. Her...
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    Perpetuus Norvegiæ (Latin, i.e. Norway's Eternal King) is a term for King Olaf II of Norway, also known as Saint Olaf (Olav den hellige). In written sources...
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    The current name, adopted in 1870, was named after Olaf II of Norway. On July 8, 2020, St. Olaf Township was struck by an EF-4 tornado, causing significant...
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  • St. Olaf or St. Olave or St. Olav may refer to: King Olaf II of Norway (995–1030) St. Olaf College, a private, liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota...
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    the youngest of King Olaf II of Norway / Olaf Haraldsson's (later Saint Olaf) three half-brothers. In his youth, Harald displayed traits of a typical rebel...
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  • Fairhair of Norway Olaf II of Norway (995–1030), King of Norway from 1015 to 1028 Olaf III of Norway (c. 1050 – 1093), King of Norway from 1067 to 1093...
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  • the King and the Patron Saint Olaf II of Norway and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. As of 2024, the college had 3,074 undergraduate...
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  • of St. Olaf or Helgisaga Óláfs konungs Haraldssonar is one of the kings' sagas, a 13th-century biography of the 11th-century Saint Olaf II of Norway....
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    Astrid Olofsdotter (Norwegian: Astrid Olavsdatter; English: Aestrith) (died 1035) was the queen consort of King Olaf II of Norway. She is the only woman...
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    Åsta Gudbrandsdatter (category Monarchy of Norway)
    1020/1030) was the mother of two Norwegian kings, King Olaf II of Norway and King Harald III of Norway. The primary source for the life of Åsta is Snorri Sturluson's...
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  • Harald Grenske (category Norwegian petty kings)
    to a son, Olaf Haraldsson, later Olaf II of Norway and patron saint of the nation. Åsta subsequently remarried to Sigurd Syr, the king of Ringerike....
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    The Saint Olav Drama (category Plays set in Norway)
    Battle of Stiklestad that took place in the year 1030, and which resulted in death of King Olaf II of Norway. In the aftermath of his death, King Olaf would...
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    Thorir Hund (category Articles with Norwegian-language sources (no))
    opposing Norwegian King Olaf II of Norway, later named St. Olaf. He was reported to have been among the chieftains who killed the king in the Battle of Stiklestad...
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  • July 29 (redirect from 29th of July)
    Battle of Vlaardingen. 1030 – Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad: King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne...
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  • mythical character from the Saga of Halfdan the Valiant Olaf II of Norway (995–1030) known as Old Norse: Olaf digra, lit. 'Olaf the Stout' Þorbjörg “digra”...
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    Olav V (redirect from Olaf V of Norway)
    cousin Princess Märtha of Sweden. During World War II his leadership was much appreciated and he was appointed Norwegian Chief of Defence in 1944. Olav...
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