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Olaf Haraldsson (Old Norse: Óláfr Haraldsson) may refer to:

  • Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf (died in 934), reputed son of King Harald 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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Olaf Haraldsson

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Olaf Haraldsson (Old Norse: Óláfr Haraldsson) may refer to: Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf (died in 934), reputed son of King Harald Fairhair of Norway Olaf...

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Olaf II of Norway

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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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Olaf III of Norway

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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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Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf

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

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Einar Thambarskelfir

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the 11th century. He headed the feudal lords in their opposition to Olaf Haraldsson. Several references are made to him in Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla...

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Cnut

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assume rulership of his Earldoms. At the Battle of Nesjar, in 1016, Olaf Haraldsson won the kingdom of Norway from the Danes. It was at some time after...

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Olaf

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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...

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Magnus II of Norway

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Magnus Haraldsson (Old Norse: Magnús Haraldsson; c. 1048 – 28 April 1069) was King of Norway from 1066 to 1069, jointly with his brother Olaf Kyrre from...

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Skald

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

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History of Christianity in Norway

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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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Harald Hardrada

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the Battle of Stiklestad together with his half-brother Olaf Haraldsson (later Saint Olaf). Olaf sought to reclaim the Norwegian throne, which he had lost...

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Harald Fairhair

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Olaf II. Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf, king of Vingulmark, later also Vestfold, and reputed father of Tryggve Olafsson, father of Norwegian king Olaf I...

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Olaf of Norway

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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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Battle of Stiklestad

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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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Ragnvald Ulfsson

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daughter of Tryggve Olavsson, son of Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf and grandson of King Harald Fairhair. When Olaf Haraldsson became king of Norway in 1015, a...

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Malcolm II of Scotland

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the "tyranny" of Norwegian King Olaf Haraldsson, as Thorfinn's older stepbrother had died while a hostage to King Olaf. The chronology of Thorfinn's life...

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Fairhair dynasty

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'Tryggvason' dynasty: Olaf I of Norway Olaf Tryggvason : 995–1000 Vestfold, the start of the St. Olav dynasty: Olaf II of Norway Olaf Haraldsson, Olav the Stout...

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Harald Grenske

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Gardarike (Novgorod). His widow, Åsta, promptly gave birth to a son, Olaf Haraldsson, later Olaf II of Norway and patron saint of the nation. Åsta subsequently...

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Agnafit

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thralls. Later in the Heimskringla (the Saga of Olaf Haraldsson), Snorri writes that king Olaf Haraldsson was captured by the Swedes in Mälaren and had...

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