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	Olaf I of Norway
		In England he married Gyda, sister of Olaf Kvaran[?], king of Dublin, and it was only after some years spent in administering her property in England and Ireland that he set sail for Norway, fired by reports of the unpopularity of its ruler Earl Haakon[?].
		It has been suggested that Olaf's ambition was to rule a united, as well as a Christian Scandinavia, and we know that he made overtures of marriage to Sigrid[?], queen of Sweden, and set about adding new ships to his fleet, when negotiations fell through owing to her obstinate heathenism.
		Olaf fought to the last on his great vessel the "Long Snake," the mightiest ship in the North, and finally leapt overboard and was no more seen.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ol/Olav_Tryggvason.html (326 words)

	Olaf Godfreyson - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Olaf Godfreyson (died 941), king of Dublin (934-941) and Northumbria (940-941).
		Olaf was the leader of the non-English forces that battled King...
		Olaf V (1903-1991), king of Norway from 1957 to 1991.
	encarta.msn.com /Olaf_Godfreyson.html (104 words)

	The Scandinavians
		Harald Gormsson the "Black-Tooth" was baptized in 965.
		Olaf "the Saint", King of Norway, son of Harald "the Greenlander" and Asta Gudbrandsdottir, first went to sea at the age of twelve in the care of Hrane, a trusted war veteran.
		Olaf confided his plan to take the throne of Norway, which was his by right of his forefathers and of his plan to defeat, if necessary, his kinsman, Olaf Trygvason.
	www.genealogical-gleanings.com /Scandinavians.htm (5064 words)

	MARTYR-KING OLAF OF NORWAY - A Holy Orthodox Saint of Norway
		Olaf was born in 995, the son of a Norwegian lord named Harald Grenske, the great grandson of Harald Fairhair, and Asta Gudbransdatter.
		Olaf's work of unification assumed concrete form as territorial dominion over a kingdom which extended from Gautelven in the south up to Finnmark in the north, from the Vesterhav islands in the west to the forests toward the realm of the Swedes in the east.
		Olaf decided to flee to Sweden and thence to the court of his kinsman, Yaroslav of Kiev, whose father, the famous St. Vladimir, had given shelter to Olaf Tryggvason in his youth.
	www.orthodox.net /western-saints/olaf-martyr-king-of-norway.html (2465 words)

	Olaf of Norway - OrthodoxWiki
		It must be remembered that the resentment against Olaf was due not alone to his Christianity, but also in a high degree to his unflinching struggle against the old constitution of shires and for the unity of Norway.
		Olaf has since been held as a saint, not only by the people of Norway, whose patron saint he is, but also by Rome.
		Thirty-five years after St. Olaf's death, Harald was planning an invasion of northern England in 1066 at the provocation of the exiled Earl Tostig (brother of King Harold II of England).
	orthodoxwiki.org /Olaf_of_Norway (1014 words)

	Olaf I - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		OLAF I [Olaf I] (Olaf Tryggvason), c.963-1000, king of Norway (995-1000), great-grandson of Harold I. His early life of exile and slavery is surrounded with romantic legend, and little is definitely known of it.
		Olaf died during his defeat at the naval battle of Svolder.
		Olaf Choir to Perform Severance Hall Concert as Part of Nationwide Winter Tour; St. Olaf Choir and Anton Armstrong present eclectic blend music of classical and world music, spirituals and new works during their stop here.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-olaf1.html (401 words)

	St. Olaf College \| Northfield, Minnesota, USA
		For it was in the year 1030 that the forces of the Christian King Olaf fought the armies of the heathen kings in a great battle at Stiklestad near Trondhjem and Norway became a Christian nation.
		A St. Olaf Choir Committee of thirty-two prominent citizens was secured and a great deal of desirable publicity was given the concert through verbal announcements at dinners and meetings and through stories and statements in the daily papers.
		They were instructed to meet again at the Olaf Tryggvason monument in the center of the city at seven o'clock in the evening and march from there to the Bishop's Square, an open space next to the cathedral, where the official welcome was to be given.
	www.stolaf.edu /collections/archives/scripts/myyearsatstolaf/10.html (7106 words)

	Olaf I of Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Olaf played an important part in the conversion of the Vikings to Christianity.
		Olaf in the temple of Thor (Illustration by Halfan Egedius).
		In 988 Olaf sailed to England, because a Thing had been called by Queen Gyda, sister of the King of Dublin, Olaf Cuaran.
	enc.qba73.com /link-Olav_Tryggvason (1784 words)

	Out of Nazareth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		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 /Guests/Stavanger/sg04.htm (352 words)

	Wikinfo \| Battle of Maldon
		The Viking fleet is said in one manuscript of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle to have been led by a Norwegian, Olaf Trygvasson, though this name may have been interpolated after some of the facts were forgotten.
		Olaf addressed the Saxons, promising to sail away if he was paid with gold and armor from the lord.
		Olaf's forces could not make headway against the troops guarding the small land bridge, and he asked Byrhtnoth to allow his warriors onto the shore.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Battle_of_Maldon (672 words)

	Olaf I Tryggvason
		Executive summary: King of Norway, 995-1000 AD Olaf I Tryggvessön (sometimes Olav), King of Norway, was born around 969, and began his meteoric career in exile.
		After a boyhood spent in Novgorod under the protection of King Valdemar, Olaf fought for the emperor Otto III under the Wendish king Burislav, whose daughter he had married.
		He made an enemy of her, and did not hesitate to involve himself in a quarrel with King Sveyn of Denmark by marrying his sister Thyre, who had fled from her heathen husband Burislav in defiance of her brother's authority.
	www.nndb.com /people/979/000102673 (354 words)

	Scandinavia
		Olaf and his mother were then captured by slavers who killed his mother and sold Olaf, for a good sum into slavery in Russia.
		Olaf I was energetic, persuasive and a charismatic speaker.
		Olaf I’s rule ended in 1000 when he was killed in a naval battle between the kings of Denmark and Sweden, Danish nobles and the son of the deposed pagan Earl Hakon.
	www.domesticchurch.us /14scandinavia.htm (4940 words)

	www.saaremaa.ee
		The battle was fought somewhere near the northern coast of Saaremaa and was won by the Icelanders.
		In 967 when Olaf was three years old, he was travelling with his mother Estrid and many companions to Novgorod.
		Olaf was resold to different owners many times before he was bought on a market by his uncle and thus regained freedom.
	www.saaremaa.ee /eng/history/saaremaa/written.php (3744 words)

	BrothersJudd Blog: STRETCHING FORTH HIS HAND:
		Olaf, however, had a change of heart and was chrismated and confirmed at Andover in the south of England by Alphege, Bishop of Winchester, the then English royal capital.
		When Olaf Tryggvason left England in 995, a new man, he took with him bishops and priests from Winchester and elsewhere in England, including a Bishop Grimkell, an Englishman of Danish origin, who was to become Bishop of the Norwegian capital at Nidaros, now called Trondheim.
		According to the Saga of Olaf, "it was easy to baptize Leif," and Olaf assigned to him the task of converting the still heathen Greenlanders to Christianity.
	www.brothersjudd.com /blog/archives/2006/01/stretching_fort.html (1890 words)

	LIDE OF THE SCILLY ISLES- A Holy Orthodox Saint of Britain
		Olaf was eager to test this, and dressed one of his retainers like a king, so that under the name of a king he might seek [the hermit's] advice.
		When Olaf heard this answer, he was yet more eager to see him, because he no longer doubted that he was a true prophet, and in the course of his talk [with him] and of the good man's exhortation, [the hermit] addressed him thus with words of holy wisdom and divine foreknowledge:
		Olaf then went again to find the man, spoke much with him and asked carefully whence he had this wisdom whereby he foretold the future.
	www.orthodox.net /western-saints/lide-of-the-scilly-isles.html (581 words)

	Vikings & their Gods - Olaf I
		A great-grandson of King Harald I, he was brought up in Russia and later participated in numerous Viking raids along the Baltic and North Sea coasts and in the British Isles.
		The victorious Olaf founded the city of Nidaros (now Trondheim) as his capital and set out to Christianize the country.
		Olaf's forces were defeated by a coalition consisting of Sweyn Forkbeard, King Olaf of Sweden, and the two sons of Earl Håkon in the naval Battle of Svold (1000), during which Olaf lost his life.
	www.angelfire.com /realm/shades/vikings/olaf1.htm (165 words)

	TimeRef: Report Results
		Concentrating on the south coast the raids were limited and the affect to the country as a whole was small.
		Under the leadership of Olaf Trygvasson the Vikings attacked the wealthy south-east coast of England to take as much as they could.
		Aelfheah was the man that had baptised Olaf Trygvasson in the Winter of 994.
	www.timeref.com /process1.php?expt=Y&catMilitary=1&key=43&retaddr=hpr43.htm (438 words)

	olaf iii of norway information -- olaf iii of norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Denmark Olaf I of Norway Olaf II of Norway Olaf II of the Isle of Man Olaf III Guthfrithson Olaf III of Norway Olaf IV of Norway Olaf Klzig Olaf Petersen Olaf Quimby II Olaf Sporns Olaf Stapledon Olaf...
		Godredson Olaf Haraldsson Olaf I Olaf II Olaf III Olaf III Guthfrithson Olaf III of Denmark Olaf III of Norway Olaf II of Norway Olaf II of the Isle of Man Olaf IV Olaf IV of Norway Olaf I of Denmark...
		Olaf IV of Norway : Olaf III of Denmark
	www.metsnorway.info /olafiiiofnorway (1217 words)

	Olaf I Tryggvason - Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Olaf I, drukarki krÃ³l Norwegii w latach 995 - 1000.
		Olaf powrÃ³ciÅ do Norwegii w 995 roku, meble kute gdzie objÄÅ tron jako nastÄpca zamordowanego jarla Hakona.
		Olaf prÃ³bowaÅ najechaÄ DaniÄ w roku 1000, sylwester w szczawnicy ale 9 listopada tego roku poniÃ³sÅ ÅmierÄ w bitwie pod Svoldar, szczawnica w ktÃ³rej zostaÅ pokonany przez poÅÄczone siÅy swoich przeciwnikÃ³w.
	www.copix.com.pl /wiki/link-Olaf_I_Tryggvasson (306 words)

	King Olav Tryggvason of Norway - Sorting Out The Supernatural - Olaf Trygvesson
		The story of King Olaf Trygvesson of Norway (circa A.D. 995) is a facinating one.
		Apparently he was in danger of mutiny from his own soldiers, but a seer who had been blessed by the God of the Christians warned him about the impending mutiny.
		The events as predicted did come to pass, and the king Olaf was dramatically converted and baprized.
	www.angelfire.com /me/Merethe/kingolav.html (572 words)

	☞ OLAF KOLZIG: Olaf tryggvason and Olaf henning, Maclaine olaf palme shirley and King olaf ii. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		OLAF KOLZIG: Best choice of the week about Olaf kolzig, St olaf minnesota, King olaf charter and Series of unfortunate event count olaf.
		Olaf kolzig: CBS Sportsline - Goalie Olaf Kolzig is 7-0-1 in games when he has faced more than 35 shots.
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	nflook.com /olaf/Olaf-kolzig.html (423 words)

	More Danes
		Olaf joined forces with the Danish king, Sven Forkbeard, in battle against King Olaf Tryggvasson of Norway, who died in battle.
		Olaf Trygvasson proposed to her, but demanded that she convert to Christianity.
		She was successful when Olaf fell in the Battle of Swold in 1000.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Ranch/7834/moredanes2.html (505 words)

	Ethelred the Redeless (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Vikings, led by the Norwegian Olaf Trygvasson, inflicted several military setbacks on Anglo-Saxon forces, including the defeat of the ealdorman Birhtnoth at the Battle of Maldon: a battle whose progress is related in a famous Anglo-Saxon poem.
		While the invasion of 994 was effectively ended with Olaf and AEthelred concluding another treaty by which AEthelred recognized Olaf's royalty.
		It was Olaf Trygvasson, King of Norway, who happened to be in a Norman port with his ships who carried AEthelred back to England in February, 1014, the same month as Svien's death.
	idcs0100.lib.iup.edu /England1/ethelred_the_redeless.htm (1713 words)

	IOS History \| History \| Scilly News
		King Olaf Trygvasson of Norway was raiding the Islands c.
		King Olaf investigated St Lide's wisdom by sending in a man in his place, claiming to be the Norwegian king.
		After the prophesied incident happened, King Olaf stayed some time with St Lide, and was later Christened by the Bishop of Winchester in 1012.
	scillynews.severecci.net /?p=10002 (686 words)

	TIMELINE OF NORSCAN EVENTS
		King Hakan is succeeded by his son Olaf Hakansson, who rules peacefully and justly, creating the Hakansson dynasty of kings, who will rule for the next 300 years.
		Olaf Trygvasson becomes king when the last of the Hakanssons die without an heir.
		Olaf the Stout becomes king, fighting many battles against hordes during his reign.
	www.inisfail.com /~oldsage/whfb6/norscans-timeline.html (481 words)

	ASATRU FOLK ASSEMBLY - Calendar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		King Olaf tortured him to death by placing a bowl of red-hot embers on his stomach.
		Sigrith, the widow of King Erik the Victorious of Sweden, was offered marriage by Olaf Tryggvason...on the condition that she become a Christian.
		She refused, saying "I do not mean to abandon the faith I have had, and my kinsmen before me." Olaf swore at her and struck her with a glove, an act she repaid years later when she incited the battle in which Olaf died.
	www.runestone.org /clndr.html (1509 words)

	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 (Olav Digre) and after his canonization as Saint Olaf), was born in the year in which Olaf Tryggvason came to Norway.
		Among the bishops that Olaf brought with him from England, was Grimkell (Grimkillus).
		Another south of London Bridge gave its name to Tooley Street and to the St Olave's Poor Law Union, later to become the Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey: its workhouse in Rotherhithe became the St Olave's Hospital, now an old-people's home a few hundred metres from St Olaf's Church, which is the Norwegian church in London.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Olaf_II_of_Norway (1272 words)

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