King Olaf information

King Olaf, King Olav, or similar, may refer to: Olof the Brash (9th century), founder of the House of Olaf Olaf I of Denmark (c. 1050–1095), ruled 1086–1095...

elected King of Norway and took the name Haakon VII. The king gave his two-year-old son the Norwegian name Olav after Olaf Haakonsson, king of Norway...

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)...

wrote Olav Kyrres saga about King Olaf in the Heimskringla. Olaf was a son of King Harald Hardrada and Tora Torbergsdatter. Olaf joined his father during...

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...

Olaf left for York where he was quickly able to establish himself as king, with his brother Blácaire mac Gofraid being left to rule in Dublin. Olaf and...

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 Norway...

Norway Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf, petty king Olaf I of Norway Tryggvason, 969 – 9 September 1000 Olaf II of Norway, or Saint Olaf, ruled 1015–1030 Olaf III...

in the western Baltic Sea between King Olaf of Norway and an alliance of the Kings of Denmark and Sweden and Olaf's enemies in Norway. The backdrop of...

illegitimate son of King Olaf Haraldsson (later St. Olaf), by his English concubine Alfhild, originally a slave (thrall) of Olaf's queen Astrid Olofsdotter...

Sigrid pushed Sweyn into war with Olaf because Olaf had slapped her. The allies attacked and defeated king Olaf in the western Baltic Sea when he was...

"The Saga of King Olaf" is a poetic sequence by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, published in 1863 as part of his book Tales of a Wayside Inn...

Olaf I (Danish: Oluf; c. 1050 – 18 August 1095), nicknamed Olaf Hunger, was king of Denmark from 1086 to 1095, following the death of his brother Canute...

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...

Kingdom of the Isles and Dublin. As the only son of King Olaf Kyrre, Magnus was proclaimed king in southeastern Norway shortly after his father's death...

seems that Thorkell reconciled with Cnut in 1023. When the Norwegian king Olaf Haraldsson and Anund Jakob took advantage of Cnut's commitment to England...

Olaf the White (Old Norse: Óláfr hinn Hvíti) was a viking sea-king who lived in the latter half of the 9th century. Olaf was born around 820, in Ireland...

late King Olaf. The merchants left to find another who had seen the king and returned with him. When the newcomer saw the one they took for Olaf, he cried...

petty king of Ringerike, a region in Buskerud. He was notable in Norwegian history largely through his association with Kings Harald Hardrada and Olaf II...

the country and assert that Olaf II (Olaf the Stout, who later became St. Olaf), who reigned from 1015, was the first king to have control over the entire...

King Olaf (full title: Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf) is a cantata by British composer Edward Elgar scored for soloists, chorus and orchestra. It was...

Olaf Haraldssøn Geirstadalf Digerbein (Agder, c. 877 - Tønsberg, c. 934), was a reputed son of King Harald Fairhair of Norway with Svanhild Øysteinsdatter...

in alternation with the Christian converters King Olaf Tryggvason and King Olaf Haraldsson (Saint Olaf). They produced praise poetry telling of their...