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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Battle of Svolder (section King Olaf's death)
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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Olof Skötkonung (redirect from Olaf Skotkonung)
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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Fairhair dynasty (redirect from St. Olaf dynasty)
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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Sweyn Forkbeard (redirect from Sweyn I Forkbeard)
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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List of historical opera characters (section I)
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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Sigurd Ring (section Olaf Tryggvason's saga)
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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Einar Thambarskelfir (section Olaf Haraldsson's reign)
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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