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	The Age of Chivalry - 10th Century AD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Battle of the Holme: Edward the Elder defeats Vikings of Northumbria.
		Battle of Maldon: Edward the Elder defeats the Danes and recovers East Anglia.
		Battle of Svold: Norwegians defeated in naval battle by Swedes and Vikings, Norway is divided between the conquerors.
	www.taoc.co.uk /content/view/80/50 (622 words)

	Out of Nazareth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Olaf`s force were defeated by a coalition consiting of Swey Forkbeard, King Olaf of Sweden, and the two sons of Earl Haakon in the naval Battle of Svold (1000), during which Olaf Tryggvason lost his life.
		Returning with a force to Norway in 1030, he was defeated by a peasant army and killed at the Battle of Stiklestad.
		Olaf was subsequently worshipped as Norway`s patron saint and was canonized in 1164.
	park.org /Guests/Stavanger/sg04.htm (352 words)

	BookRags: Olaf the Glorious Summary
		Sharp and fierce was the fight at this side, and great was the carnage.
		While Kolbiorn and others of Olaf’s stem defenders kept up an incessant battle with their javelins and swords, King Olaf and his archers shot their arrows high in air so that they fell in thick rain upon the Danish decks.
		Yet the Danes, and the Swedes from the rear, were not slow to retaliate.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/9415/149.html (519 words)

	Northvegr - Landnámabók
		Gaut = Odin, his 'ado' = battle, the battle cuckoo = raven.
		Strap = sword-strap going over the shoulder; its path is the coat of mail over which it goes; the fire of the coat of mail = sword: I went weaponed into the fight with only four companions.
		The story of the battle of Svold, A.D. 1000, in which 'The Long Serpent' engaged, and the clearing of the ship and mysterious disappearance of Olaf Tryggvison is told in the "Heimskringla," or Story of the Kings of Norway.
	www.northvegr.org /lore/landnamabok/016.php (1885 words)

	Viking History
		1000, Olav Trygvason killed at battle of Svold by Swein Forkbeard & Olaf King of Sweden.
		1066, Norwegian king Harald Hardrada leads an army to invade England, but is killed at the battle at Stamford Bridge near York.
		The English king Harold Godwinesson is himself killed three weeks later at the battle of Hastings against William, duke of Normandy who was crowned king of the English on Christmas Day.
	members.tripod.com /warviking/history.html (792 words)

	swuklink: Searchable Time-Line
		Battle of Englefield between Wessex and the Danes ends in Danish defeat
		Battle of Hemmingstedt; Danish army fails to conquer the peasants' republic of Dithmarschen
		Start of the Second Battle of Copenhagen (-Sept. 5th); the British government decided to seize the Danish fleet to avoid its falling into the hands of Napoleon and attacked Copenhagen without any declaration of war
	www.swuklink.com /BAAAGDJA.php?srchstr=Danish (1645 words)

	Kievan Rus Database (Vikings) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The fact that horses were buried with some rich Vikings suggests that there were some mounted warriors, but this was not usual.
		The Viking warships were used mainly to transport armies to the scene of land battles; maritime engagements were less common, though some are mentioned in written sources.
		The best known of these is the battle of Svolð (Svöld) about 1000.
	members.aol.com /mokosh/Vikings.html (293 words)

	Everything about 1000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		His Tanist is a miser and though he shines brightly in the winter skies he gives no warmth and does not temper the breath of the Crone, Cailleach Bheare, the north wind.
		In this may be discerned the ageless battle between the light and dark and the cyclic nature of life and the seasons.
		After battling and defeating the pagan nobles who opposed him (including his uncle, a powerful warlord named Koppány), Stephen became the Sovereign of Magyars in Transdanubia in 997 and till 1006 managed to successfully unite virtually all the Magyar clans.
	wikimiki.org /en/1000 (11217 words)

	NORSEMAN NEWS
		Sailing west from Poland, Sigvald the Jomsviking pretended to lead Olaf's fleet into battle, but at the last moment turned against Olaf to join his opponents.
		King Olaf's fleet was now trapped and greatly outnumbered, and the greatest naval battle of the age was joined.
		Thus ended this great Battle of Svold, of the Christian King Olaf against his still heathen enemies.
	www.vikingship.org /files/nlet0105.htm (3518 words)

	Viking Denmark Tour
		- Battle of Svold (in the Øresund?): King Svend Forkbeard and Swedish allies defeat and kill King Olaf Trygvason of Norway.
		- Battle of Clontarf: King Brian Boru of Munster defeats an alliance of the Leinster and the Dublin Vikings.
		- Battle of Stamford Bridge: King Harald Hardrada of Norway is defeated by King Harold Godwinson of England.
	www.plantagenettours.com /2005/vikingdenmark.html (3903 words)

	Kievan Rus Database (King: Óláfr Tryggvason) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		1000: He was killed in the battle of Svolð.
		In the Heimskringla by Snorri Sturluson, it says that after he was defeated in a sea battle, he leapt from his famous ship, the Long Serpent (or Long Worm), but legend says that he did not drown, but swam to safety and eventually died as a monk in Greece or Syria.
		He had a famous dog, Vige, who died of grief when his master disappeared.
	members.aol.com /ingigerthr/King_XlXfr_Tryggvason.html (210 words)

	Swein Forkbeard
		Swein’s next step was to rid himself of his former ally, the Norwegian Olav Trygveson.
		This he did at the battle of Svold, (whereabouts unknown) were the Norwegian fleet was beaten, and Olav killed.
		Everyone expected them to make battle again, but Edmund died suddenly on the 30
	www.vikingworld.dk /jellinge23.htm (505 words)

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		The Battle of Svold was not necessarily what the Vikings had expected.
		Although it was a battle between good and evil, it was not a Ragnarok or an Armageddon.
	www.swiftpapers.com /essay/W_Civ_Final-89143.html (180 words)

	History of Medieval Greenland
		King Olaf Tryggvason dies at the sea-fight at Svold.
		Thordhild reputedly embraced the new faith and built a church.
		This sparks a long running legal battle over the ownership of the vessel and cargo [Norlund Viking Settlers in Greenland].
	www.personal.utulsa.edu /~marc-carlson/history/grontime.html (3728 words)

	Cranach: Comment on Beowulf: The Monster and the Movies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Of course, if Beowulf is popular, there are other studies that could be filmed, from the Battle of Maldon to Farmer Giles of Ham.
		A friend and I were talking about it a couple weekends back: With CGI today, you could do a sea battle like the Battle of Svold (where Olaf Trygvesson died).
		We both agreed it would be extremely cool.
	www.worldmagblog.com /cgi-bin/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=25926 (418 words)

	TrekEarth \| The Aarhus Stone Photo
		It is not known in which battle Ful died, but it could be the Battle of Svold, ca.
		1000, cause in this battle the kings of the Danes, Swedes and Norwegians were all involved.
		On the picture you can see a part of the inscription above the mask.
	www.trekearth.com /gallery/photo306261.htm (1073 words)

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