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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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  • Olaf I may refer to: Olof (I) of Sweden (ruled c. 854) Amlaíb Conung of Dublin (died c. 875) Olaf I of Norway (Olav Tryggvason), king of Norway (995–1000)...
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    known as Olaf Eiríksson or Olaf the Swede), King of Sweden, and Eirik Hákonarson, Jarl of Lade. According to the Saga of King Olaf I Tryggvason, he had...
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    families, and the need for legitimisation in a later period. Olaf Haraldsson and Olaf Tryggvason (Olaf Haraldsson's godfather) are both traditionally regarded...
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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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  • Olaf of Norway – Norwegian: Olav - may refer to: Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf, reputed son of Harald Fairhair Olaf I of Norway, Olaf Tryggvason, (reigned...
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    Sweyn Forkbeard formed an alliance and defeated the Norwegian king Olaf Tryggvason in the Battle of Svolder in 999 or 1000. After the battle, the victorious...
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  • Events in the year 1000 in Norway. Monarch - Olaf I Tryggvason then Sweyn Forkbeard Leif Ericson lands in North America, calling it Vinland. This journey...
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    Danish). Retrieved 2 November 2012. Krag 1995, p. 101. Krag, Claus. "Olav 1 Tryggvason". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 November 2012...
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  • Karl Tryggvason (born March 17, 1947) is an Icelandic medical researcher. Karl Tryggvason was born in Reykjavík. He trained as a medical doctor at Finland's...
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    unrelated 'Tryggvason' dynasty: Olaf I of Norway Olaf Tryggvason : 995–1000 Vestfold, the start of the St. Olav dynasty: Olaf II of Norway Olaf Haraldsson...
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    Lade, against Norwegian king Olaf Tryggvason. The Kings' sagas ascribe the causes of the alliance to Olaf Tryggvason's ill-fated marriage proposal to...
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  • under the year 996 by Snorri Sturluson in the 13th-century Saga of Olaf Tryggvason. However, the date of the wedding given by Sturluson is questioned...
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    kings' sagas, selected Óláfr Tryggvason as a husband during his time in England in the 990s. According to Oddr Snorrason's Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar and Snorri...
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    Thorgilsson arrived, who had been dispatched with this mission by Olaf Tryggvason, king of Norway (r. 997–1000). He was expelled from the country after...
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    Ulfhild. Åsta Gudbrandsdatter first appears in Snorri's 'Saga of King Olaf Tryggvason' as the wife of Harald Grenske (Grenski), ruler of Vestfold. In the...
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  • into the Christian faith in 998. According to the Heimskringla, "King Olaf Tryggvason came to Ringerike to spread Christianity, Sigurd Syr and his wife allowed...
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    to Olaf Tryggvason, King of Norway, to the displeasure of her brother Sweyn. When Olaf married her, Sweyn refused to pay her promised dowry. Olaf subsequently...
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    Jules Massenet: Cléopâtre King Olaf I Tryggvason of Norway Ragnar Søderlind: Olav Tryggvason King Olaf II of Norway (St. Olaf) Judith Weir: King Harald's...
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    Islands, whence he had escaped, to take possession of the islands for Olaf Tryggvason, king of Norway. Sigmundur was the first Faroe Islander to convert...
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    of Norway (as Eystein I) from 1103 to 1123 together with his brothers Sigurd the Crusader and Olaf Magnusson, although since Olaf died before adulthood...
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    the song deals with the Norwegian king Olaf Tryggvason. The title Ormurin Langi refers to Olaf Tryggvason's ship with the same name (Ormrinn Langi in...
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    continues the story (see below). According to the extended Saga of Olaf Tryggvason, Sigurd Ring, after having stabilized his Swedish-Danish realm, recalled...
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    under Olaf Tryggvason, sails up the Thames Estuary, and besieges London. King Æthelred II (the Unready) pays Olaf 16,000 lbs of silver (Danegeld). Olaf Tryggvason...
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    the sea Battle of Svolder in 1000, fighting on the losing side of Olaf Tryggvason. From his description of this battle, Snorri presents us with one of...
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  • forced him to apostatize. Olaf Tryggvason started the destruction of pagan cult sites in the late 10th century, but only Olaf Haraldsson achieved the official...
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    for the Norwegian King Olaf Tryggvason, and was the largest and most powerful longship of its day. In the late 990s, King Olaf was on a "Crusade" around...
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    (31 May 2018). The Saga of Olaf Tryggvason. Cornell University Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-5017-1790-1. Heimskringla (PDF). Vol. I. Translated by Finlay, Alison;...
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    last night before the infamous murder at Rimul. In the Saga of king Olaf Tryggvason in the Heimskringla, by Snorri Sturluson, there is a description of...
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    Västergötland or Östergötland and was married to a sister of King Olav Tryggvason. According to Snorri, Ragnvald was the son of jarl Ulf Tostesson. He was...
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