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	Olaf II of Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Olaf II Haraldsson (995 – July 29, 1030), king from 1015–1028, (known during his lifetime as the Stout and after his canonization as Saint Olaf), was born in the year in which Olaf Tryggvasson came to Norway.
		Owing to Olaf's later status as the patron saint of Norway, and to his importance in later medieval historiography and in Norwegian folklore, it is difficult to assess the character of the historical Olaf.
		Olaf College was founded by Norwegian immigrants in Northfield, Minnesota, in 1874.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Olav_II_of_Norway (1180 words)

	Olaf III of Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1093), nicknamed Olaf the Quiet or Olaf the Peaceful was the king of Norway from 1067 until his death in 1093.
		A son of King Harald Hardråde, Olaf took part in Viking invasion of England and might have fought in the Battle of Stamford Bridge.
		He shared the kingdom with his brother Magnus Haraldsson until the latter's death in 1069, after which the country enjoyed a period of peace.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Olaf_III_of_Norway (181 words)

	Olaf II of Norway
		He had annihilated the petty kings of the South, had crushed the aristocracy, enforced the acceptance of Christianity throughout the kingdom, asserted his suzerainty in the Orkney Islands, had humbled the king of Sweden[?] and married his daughter in his despite, and had conducted a successful raid on Denmark.
		Miracles were worked at his tomb, and in 1164 he was canonized and was declared the patron saint of Norway, when his fame spread throughout Scandinavia and even to England, where churches are dedicated to him.
		The Norwegian order of Knighthood of Saint Olaf[?] was founded in 1847 by Oscar I, king of Sweden and Norway, in memory of this king.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ol/Olav_II_of_Norway.html (296 words)

	Nordic Culture > Saint Olaf, Patron Saint of Norway - Scandinavica.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Olaf Haraldsson, born in AD 995, was a viking who raided throughout western Europe and the Baltic until his return to Norway in 1015, where he was elected king of the Norwegians with the support of the Upland chieftains.
		Stiklestad is the battlefield where King Olaf Haraldsson died on July 29th 1030 and became known as Saint Olaf.
		Olaf Haraldsson was returning to Norway with a small Swedish army with the intention of regaining the Norwegian crown he had lost.
	www.scandinavica.com /culture/history/olaf.htm (1186 words)

	Norway
		When Olaf died in 1387, she was elected head of state in both countries; at the same time she had her grandnephew, Eric of Pomerania, acknowledged as her heir.
		Olaf brought the Norse fleet to Norway after his father was defeated and killed at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in England in 1066.
		Olaf was commander in chief of the Norwegian armed forces fighting with the Allies in 1944-45; he returned to Norway after the defeat of Germany in 1945.
	website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/norway.htm (2417 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Nidaros (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		In 997 Olaf Trygvesson founded at the mouth of the River Nid the city of Nidaros, afterwards called Trondhjem, where he built a royal palace and a church; he laboured to spread Christianity in Norway, the Orkney and Shetland Islands, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, and Greenland (Maurer, op.
		There was situated the tomb of St. Olaf, and around the patron of Norway, Rex perpetuus Norvegiae "Perpetual king of Norway", the national and ecclesiastical life of the country was centred.
		Then Archbishop Eric Walkendorf was exiled (1521), and his successor, Olaf Engelbertsen, who had been the instrument of the royal will in the introduction of Lutheranism, had also, as a partisan of Christian II of Norway, to fly from Christian III of Norway (1537).
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Nidaros (1148 words)

	Norway
		Olaf II Haraldsson, also known as Saint Olaf, is considered the unifier of the kingdom and the founder of the Norwegian Christian nation.
		In 1030 Olaf attempted to reconquer Norway, but he was killed in the Battle of Stiklestad when his army met the enemy.
		This is the subject of a sketch by Olaf Isaachsen.
	www.dhm.de /ausstellungen/mythen/english/norweg.html (915 words)

	Olaf II Haraldsson
		Olaf II Haraldssön II (sometimes Olav), King of Norway from 1016-29, called during his lifetime "the Fat" or "the Stout", and afterwards known as St. Olaf, was born in 995, the year in which Olaf Tryggvessön came to Norway.
		After some years' absence in England, fighting the Danes, Olaf returned to Norway in 1015 and declared himself king, obtaining the support of the five petty kings of the Uplands.
		The Norwegian order of knighthood of St. Olaf was founded in 1847 by Oscar I, King of Sweden and Norway, in memory of this king.
	www.nndb.com /people/974/000102668 (317 words)

	Out of Nazareth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Olaf was brought up in Russia and later participated in numerous Viking raids along the Baltic and North Sea coasts and in the British Isles.
		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.
		Olaf was subsequently worshipped as Norway`s patron saint and was canonized in 1164.
	park.org /Cdrom/Pavilions/Stavanger/sg04.html (352 words)

	World Homes Network - Norway
		Olaf II and the establishment of the church Olaf Haraldsson, a descendant of Harald I Hårfager, came to the throne as Olaf II in around 1015.
		Olaf II's policy was a dual one of establishing both the royal power and the Christian church on a national basis in opposition to the claims of the local chieftains.
		Olaf II came to be regarded as Norway's first great national champion, and he later became the patron saint of Norway.
	www.world-homes.net /atlas/europe/Scandanavia/norway.htm (3277 words)

	Saints of July 29
		Saint Olaf was the son of a Norwegian jarl, Harald Grenske.
		Olaf fled to Russia but returned to Norway in 1031 with a few Swedish troops in an attempt to regain his kingdom, but was killed in battle at Stiklestad on the Trondheim fjord.
		In English iconography Olaf is included on the seals of Grimby Abbey and Herringfleet Priory in Suffolk, on the 15th-century screen at Barton Turf in Norfolk, on an ivory crozier in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and in glass at York Minster.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0729.htm (3075 words)

	Scandinavia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		During Olaf II's forcible conversion of Norway to Christianity Hroerkr was one of five regional sub-kings who banded together to fight for the old religion.
		Olaf's daughter Alov married Gautrek the Mild of Götland.
		His daughter Unn "The Deep-Minded" married Olaf the White, King of Dublin; their son Thorstein the Red was an early jarl of the Orkneys and Caithness.
	www.hostkingdom.net /scand.html (3572 words)

	St. Olaf College \| Academic Catalog
		Changes that have occurred in St. Olaf academic policy and curriculum since the publication in 2002 of the St. Olaf Catalog for 2002–04 are indicated in red and red strikethrough type.
		A group of pioneer pastors, farmers and businessmen in Rice, Dakota and Goodhue counties, under the leadership of the Rev. Bernt Julius Muus, the Rev. N.A. Quammen and Harald Thorson, laid the groundwork for the college's founding in 1874.
		Olaf's School was operated as an academy until 1886, when a college department was added.
	www.stolaf.edu /catalog/0304/factsandfigures (386 words)

	St. Olaf College \| Northfield, Minnesota, USA
		In choosing a name for the institution, the founders responded to strong Norwegian national as well as religious symbolism; it grew out of a celebration in the Norwegian immigrant community of the splendor of the Nordic middle ages as a means of defining ethnic merits and identity.
		St. Olaf's School was operated as an academy until 1886, when a college department was added.
		In 1900 the college department of the United Church Seminary was consolidated with St. Olaf, and in 1917 the college department of Red Wing Seminary was merged with St. Olaf.
	www.stolaf.edu /about/history.html (353 words)

	Odin Archive - Consecration of the King in the Nidaros Cathedral (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		As we see, however, the hailing of Olaf Tryggvason is not linked to the Øyrating in the cited saga passage, nor in the saga which tells of the hailing of Olaf Haraldsson in Trondheim.
		This was what happened with Olaf Haraldsson, who was hailed king of the entire realm according to the law prevailing in the Oppland region, and who later had his sovereignty confirmed in Trøndelag.
		In his decision to be consecrated, King Olaf V laid the foundation for continuing a tradition with roots going back to the hailing by the Øyrating and to the coronations of the Norwegian kings from 1163 to 1906.
	odin.dep.no /ud/norsk/tema/p30005455/032005-990399/dok-bn.html (5335 words)

	MavicaNET - Olaf II den Hellige (nær 995 - 1030)
		Olaf was the son of Harold Grenske, a lord in Norway.
		Also known as Olaf Haraldson; Olaf Haraldsson; Olav II; Olav the Thick; Olav of Norway; Olavs; Olaus; Tola; Olaf of Norway Memorial 29 July Profile Son of King Harald of Norway.
		A biography of Olaf II Haraldsson, the king of Norway in 1015-1028.
	www.mavicanet.com /lite/nor/32999.html (336 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ancient See of Trondhjem
		In 997 Olaf Trygvesson founded at the mouth of the River Nid the city of Nidaros, afterwards called Trondhjem, where he built a royal palace and a church; he laboured to spread the truths of Christianity in Norway, the Orkney and Shetland Islands, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, and Greenland (Maurer, op.
		There was situated the tomb of St. Olaf, and around the patron of Norway, "Rex perpetuus Norvegiae", the national and ecclesiastical life of the country was centred.
		Then Archbishop Eric Walkendorf was exiled (1521), and his successor, Olaf Engelbertsen, who had been the instrument of the royal will in the introduction of Lutheranism, had also, as a partisan of Christian II, to fly from Christian III (1537).
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15064a.htm (985 words)

	St. Olaf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Saint Olaf was the son of Harold Grenske, a lord in Norway.
		Olaf Haraldsson, often called "the Fat", spent his youth as a pirate.
		He is one of the great heroes of Norway for his efforts to unify and Christianize Norway, of which he is patron.
	www.catholicmedia.net /Saints/Olaf.htm (187 words)

	Chapter 6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The success of Olaf Tryggvason in Norway was at least in part due to English assistance.
		Once Olaf Haraldson had established himself in Norway in opposition to Cnut, he was compelled to seek priests from Hamberg-Bremen to avoid Danish domination.
		The sainthood of Olaf had as much to do with resistance to Danish control of Norway as it did to his sanctity.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/prehistory/vikings/ascscan.html (1804 words)

	Olaf I - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Olaf I, full name Olaf Tryggvason (968-1000), king of Norway (995-1000).
		A great-grandson of King Harald I, he was brought up in Russia and later...
		Olaf II, also called St. Olaf (995-1030), king of Norway (1015-1028).
	encarta.msn.com /Olaf_I.html (159 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - Ynglingatal: A Norwegian ARR
		Olaf married Ingrid, daughter of King Svein Ulfsson of Denmark.
		Olaf was a warlike man, and had fought in most of his father’s wars.
		In later years King Olaf have become known as Olaf Stutte [the brief], since he was king for less than a year, while his grandfather ruled for more than forty.
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/showthread.php?mode=hybrid&t=170170 (4291 words)

	Crossmap Christian Directory :: Saint Olaf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Olaf Haraldson, martyr and King of Norway, d.
		Biographical sketch of St. Olaf, patron saint of Norway.
		Profile of St. Olaf II, also known as St. Olaf Haraldson, Olaf Haraldsson, Olav II, Olav the Thick, or Olaf the Fat.
	dir.crossmap.com /People/Saints/O/Saint_Olaf (79 words)

	Sokkvabbekkr: Lore: History
		1000 - Olaf Tryggvasson dies in the Battle of Svolder (coast of Vendland); Norway under Danish rule.
		1030 - Olaf Haraldsson returns to regain Norway, but is killed at the battle of Stikklestad.
		1031 - Olaf Haraldsson officially proclaimed a Saint, by Bishop Grimkel (August 3rd).
	members.tripod.com /ladysaga/timeline.html (1202 words)

	Ancestors and Family of Magnus II Haraldsson of Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Joint king of Norway with his brother Olaf III Haraldsson, from 1066 until 1069.
		Thus there were two kings of Norway at that time; and Magnus had the northern and Olaf the eastern part of the country.
		In this manner friendship was concluded between the kings and peace between the countries.
	nygaard.howards.net /files/2/1529.htm (299 words)

	Olaf II - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		A Viking (full name Olaf Haraldsson), he was converted to Christianity in...
		A great-grandson of King Harold I, he was brought up in Russia and later...
		Olaf V, original name Alexander Edward Christian Frederik of Glücksburg (1903-1991), king of Norway (1957-1991), the son of King Håkon VII, born at...
	au.encarta.msn.com /Olaf_II.html (112 words)

	700000 people connected with European Royalty
		A Viking (full name Olaf Haraldsson), h e w a s conv erted to Christianity in Rouen, Normandy, in t he s er vice o f the exiled King Ethelred II of Engl and.
		Olaf wa s subsequentl y worsh iped as Norway' s patr on saint and wa s canonized i n 1164.
		Olav III The Gentle Of Norway Haraldsson and Thora Johnsdottir
	www.e-familytree.net /f8613.htm (1372 words)

	Norse mythology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Later in the Heimskringla, Snorri records in detail how converts to Christianity such as Saint Olaf Haraldsson brutally converted Scandinavians to Christianity.
		One gruesome form of execution occurred during the christianization of Norway.
		King Olaf Trygvasson had male völvas (sejdmen) tied and left on a skerry at ebb.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Norse_Mythology (4265 words)

	ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
		Near the end of that year, a sizeable Viking fleet under Olaf Tryggvason landed in Essex, and defeated an English army under Brythnoth, an old, experienced warrior who had long been a political power in the land.
		Aethelred and his advisors decided, rather than risk further losses, Olaf and his troops should be paid to go away.
		In 994, England was attacked for the first time by Svein, king of Denmark, who in cooperation with Olaf Tryggvason ravaged the southeastern corner of England and tried to take London.
	www.the-orb.net /textbooks/muhlberger/aethelred.html (1693 words)

	Timeline Norway
		995-1030 Olaf Haraldsson, aka Saint Olaf, the patron saint of Norway.
		1028 Olaf Haraldsson was forced to flee Norway by Canute, king of England and Denmark, Olaf returned to reconquer Norway, but was defeated and killed at the Battle of Stiklestad in 1030.
		Olaf Haraldsson was born a pagan and lived as a warrior for most of his years going on to become the patron saint of Norway.
	www.timelines.ws /countries/NORWAY.HTML (6188 words)

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