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	History of Närke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nidud was a villainous king in the lay of Wayland the smith, Olaf aided the Norwegian king Vikar in battle, and Sporsnjall was burnt to death by Ingjald Ill-ruler together with five other petty kings.
		The exiled Norwegian King Olaf the Holy, stayed in Nericia for some time, 1028-1029, with Sigtrygg, before departing for Russia and its ruler Yaroslav I the Wise.
		Olaf may have initiated the Christianization of the province (see also Culture of Närke).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Nericia (500 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)

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		Olaf of course insisted that the true faith be practiced in all his lands, including having incited Rögnvald's grandfather, Sigurd the Stout, to be baptized some 25 years earlier.
		Olaf and all those loyal to him fled their capital at Nidaros, seeking refuge with Jarizleif (Yaroslav), the King of the Rus, in Holmgard (Novgorod).
		True to his loyalty, Rögnvald did not leave Olaf's side and was part of this unfortunate battle that resulted in the martyrdom of Holy Olaf.
	www.nd.edu /~acasad/mikkelgaard/biography.doc (1230 words)

	Heimskringla: Saga of Sigurd the Crusader and His Brothers Eystein and Olaf
		King Olaf was then four or five years old, and the third part of the country which he had was under the management of his two brothers.
		Olaf and his children were a long time in winter in Sarpsborg, and Borghild conversed very often with King Eystein; so that many reports were spread about their friendship.
		When Borghild, Olaf's daughter, heard it whispered that people talked ill of her conversations and intimacy with King Eystein, she went to Sarpsborg; and after suitable fasts she carried the iron as proof of her innocence, and cleared herself thereby fully from all offence.
	sunsite.berkeley.edu /OMACL/Heimskringla/crusaders.html (11455 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)

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		Some believe the original St Olaf’s chapel to have been built by Earl Rognvald Brusison and dedicated to his foster father, King Olaf the Holy, in the early years of the 11th century but it may equally have been an old Pictish chapel re-dedicated by the Earl to the Norse saint.
		The first church to be dedicated to St Olaf was built in the 9th century by Earl Rognvald Brusison in the settlement now known as Kirkwall.
		All that remains of that early church is an archway in St Olaf's Wynd and the stone credence and aumbry which were placed in the present St Olaf's Church.
	www.nd.edu /~acasad/mikkelgaard/kirkwall.txt (320 words)

	Chronicle
		His son, Olaf (Kyrre) and the Orkney Earls, Paul and Erlend, who were with him in the battle, receive peace from the conqueror and liberty to return to Orkney.
		Olaf Kyrre succeeds to the throne of Norway.
		Death of King Olaf Kyrre, and accession of Magnus Barelegs to the throne of Norway.
	www.fortunecity.com /bally/leitrim/147/chron.html (7146 words)

	Asathor's Vengeance Page 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Saint Olaf, Norway's holy king, in the time of his youth had sailed as a Viking over the wide ocean, and in foreign lands had learned the doctrine of Christ the White.
		Then Saint Olaf made the sign of the cross, and mumbled the name of Christ the White; but his hundred swains made the sign of the hammer under their cloaks, and thought, Still is Asathor alive.
		In the mean time King Olaf built a church to Christ the White on the headland at the river, where it stands until this day.
	www.web-books.com /Classics/Stories/Boysen/BoysenC6P2.htm (1063 words)

	History of Nericia
		"It is to be related of King Olaf's journey, that he went first from Norway eastward through Eid forest to Vermaland, then to Vatnsby, and through the forests in which there are roads, until he came out in Nerike district.
		Olaf stayed with Sigtryg all spring (A.D. 1029); and when summer came he made ready for a journey, procured a ship for himself, and without stopping went on to Russia to King Jarisleif and his queen Ingegerd;" (" class="external">http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Heimskringla/haraldson7.html)
		According to local traditions Olaf baptized many locals and the well he used can be seen near Hallsberg in the parish of Hardemo.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/h/hi/history_of_nericia.shtml (618 words)

	Heimskringla: Saga of Olaf Haraldson: Part VIII
		King Olaf was armed thus: -- He had a gold-mounted helmet on his head; and had in one hand a white shield, on which the holy cross was inlaid in gold.
		When King Olaf was arrived at Stiklestad, it happened, among other circumstances, that a man came to him; and although it was nowise wonderful that there came many men from the districts, yet this must be regarded as unusual, that this man did not appear like the other men who came to him.
		Thormod Kolbrunarskald was under King Olaf's banner in the battle; but when the king had fallen, the battle was raging so that of the king's men the one fell by the side of the other, and the most of those who stood on their legs were wounded.
	sunsite.berkeley.edu /OMACL/Heimskringla/haraldson8.html (11020 words)

	Move 187
		She showed Olaf a holy symbol that had belonged to Ceth.
		If we return not, I ask you to see that these are returned to their respective Churches, along with an account I shall write detailing what we know so far.
		Olaf interrupted the gnome, his wrinkled old face very stern as he looked down on her.
	www.angelfire.com /games3/celeesha/move187.html (2615 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Reformation
		The authority of the Holy See had also been seriously impaired, partly through the fault of some of its occupants and partly through that of the secular princes.
		He appointed to high positions two Swedes, the brothers Olaf and Lorenz Peterson, who had studied at Wittenberg and had accepted Luther's teaching; one was appointed court chaplain at Stockholm and the other professor at Upsala.
		After a religious disputation at the University of Upsala the king assigned the victory to Olaf Peterson and proceeded to Lutheranize the university, to confiscate ecclesiastical property, and to employ every means to compel the clergy to accept the new doctrine.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12700b.htm (10530 words)

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		It is said that Olaf's church stands on the spot on which the empty house had stood in which King Olaf's body had been laid for the night.
		The place over which the holy remains of King Olaf were carried up from the vessel is now called Olaf's Road, and is now in the middle of the town.
		At Stiklestad, the site of the holy king's final battle, the week before this date is dedicated to activities medieval and religious, relating to the life and times of the king.
	www.saintolav.com /pages/800951/page800951.html?refresh=1090136217010 (4622 words)

	Season 6
		Olaf: Oh, you know how Lord Seth is about repeating gags.
		Lord Seth: Olaf, Dracula was KILLED at the end of Dracula.
		Olaf: Well, Lord Seth has semi-officially run out of ideas, so odds are we're going to just have a bunch of random, stupid things happen so we can finish this.
	www.geocities.com /lseths/aw275/season6.html (4484 words)

	Asatru Folk Assembly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Olaf the Holy, the Norwegian king largely responsible for Christianizing that country, was named after his ancestor Olaf Geirstadaalfr, and was believed to be the ancient king reborn.
		Naturally the Christian Olaf could not tolerate such a suggestion, and the sagas relate how he harshly discouraged this belief.
		The Tlingits, though, have preserved their native religious beliefs into our own time, and thus they are subject to scholarly examination at a much closer range than are our own ancestors.
	www.runestone.org /flash/articles/metagenet1.htm (2027 words)

	OLAF THE GLORIOUS
		Olaf caught the animal by its hind leg and struggled with it for a moment, until the boar was thrown heavily on its side, squealing and kicking furiously.
		Olaf did not join in these, for he was not yet tall enough to compete with full grown men, and there were no youths of his own height who were skilled enough to match him.
		Olaf watched them with admiring eyes as they rode away through the town, and wished that he might be of their company.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext05/olafg10h.htm (24493 words)

	Asatru > Heathen Hearts > History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Holy woods, sanctuaries burn and are replaced with big groundstones of churches, heathen priests are being killed, also the elders.
		Holy Olaf begins to build cathedral in Nidaros /Trondheim/ around 1070 - centre of Belief-in-one-god in the very Scandinavia.
		Holy church is not eager to tolerate concurence anywhere on the world and begins to declare many cruciates into Baltic in 13th century.
	www.asatru.cz /heathenhearts/eng/history.php (1743 words)

	Holy Days (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		January 9: Raud was a Norwegian chieftain tortured to death by Olaf the Traitor for refusing to convert to Christianity.
		He was put to death by having the end of a metal horn put in his mouth, into which was put a poisonous snake which was driven down the horn and into Raud by heating the horn.
		July 29: On this day, we celebrate the death of Olaf the Fat, a person who was canonized for his efforts to convert Norway through the tools of slaughter and torture.
	members.shaw.ca /blackpine/holyd.htm (1658 words)

	St Olaf Choir
		The St. Olaf Choir, with 75 mixed voices, is the pioneer a cappella choir in the United States.
		The purpose of the St. Olaf Choir is to provide music of the highest quality which lifts people's hearts and spirits, incorporating a diversity of cultural voices and sounds into the chorus of the Christian faith.
		Included are the St. Olaf Choir, chapel Choir and the Viking Chorus, the Campus Choir, the Manitou Singers, the St. Olaf College Orchestra and the St. Olaf Handbell Ensemble.
	www.singers.com /choral/stolaf.html (2920 words)

	Road to Hel - THE CULT OF THE DEAD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The tempting assumption to be made from this is that the elves are the dwellers in the grave-mound; although hóll actually is an ambiguous word and may signify only a natural hillock.
		The argument for the grave-mound is strengthened by the story of Olaf Geirstaðaálfr, since we are told that it was only after the king was laid in howe and sacrifices were made to him for plenty that the name álfr was given to him.
		Þorvaldr and the bishop, of course, disapprove of this; and holy water is dropped on the stone, with lamentable results to the spámaðr.
	www.normanniireiks.org /guilds_lore/lore/roadtohel/chapter_04.htm (6845 words)

	Excerpts from the Saga of Harald Hardrade
		The Swedish king, Olaf the Swede, was brother of the mother of Ellisif, Harald's wife; and Astrid, the mother of Svein, was King Olaf's sister.
		Olaf, the son of King Harald Sigurdson, sailed with his fleet from England from Hrafnseyr, and came in autumn to the Orkney Isles, where the event had happened that Maria, a daughter of Harald Sigurdson, died a sudden death the very day and hour her father, King Harald, fell.
		Olaf remained there all winter; but the summer after he proceeded east to Norway, where he was proclaimed king along with his brother Magnus.
	www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/Hardrada.html (14401 words)

	WesternOrthodox.com - St. Olaf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		RANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God : that we, who this day keep the heavenly birthday of blessed Olaf, thy holy King and Martyr, may by his prayers be stablished in the love of thy holy Name.
		Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, who livest and reignest with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end.
		LAF Haroldson (otherwise known as Olave) was born in 995 in Norway.
	www.westernorthodox.com /kalendar/0729b.htm (338 words)

	apr_2001_newsletter
		In the case of the Oil of the Sick the blessing occurs during the Anaphora, illustrating that it is the power of Christ’s passion, death and resurrection that heals.
		The holy bishop received a promise to end the violence from Anlaf (who, perhaps through the example of St. Alphege, was later baptized and became the first Christian king of Norway), but Swein was less willing to make such promises.
		The Church has held that, in God’s plan, St. Alphege was a holy martyr, who in life as well as untimely and cruel death, showed charity, pity, and steadfast faith in the saving mercy of God.
	members.aol.com /FrNicholas/apr_2001.htm (2208 words)

	Move 283 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Olaf smiled, "It is just the common name of the prayer.
		Olaf borrowed some rose petals from Renn and then intoned the prayer.
		grant me the boon of taking this one under my care, and warn me should danger befall her." Olaf passed his holy symbol before Arachne in the shape of a sword, then kissed a rose petal and pressed it to her forehead.
	www.angelfire.com /games3/celeesha/move283.html (1042 words)

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		The Danes were to be the first torturers of that happy and holy people; the hardy rovers of the northern seas were coming to inaugurate a long era of woe.
		They saw that pagans were actually ruling their holy isle, and changing a paradise of sanctity into a pandemonium of brutal passion, presided over by a superstitious and cruel idolatry.
		It was, in fact, Olaf the Holy who, coming from England, in 1017, with the priests Sigefried, Budolf, and Bernard, succeeded in introducing Christianity permanently into Norway, and he made more use of the sword than of the word in his mission.
	www.webroots.org /library/usamisc/irpap004.html (8264 words)

	Cetero censeo "authored" delendam esse
		Olaf is tall and strong, but everybody needs someone to give faith and strength;
		Unlike a GI Joe, Olaf's body is mostly hinges and the legs are not connected via...
		Olaf needs to be neutered, and get all his shots, and heartworm meds, and flea meds.
	www.livejournal.com /users/rhialto (2547 words)

	Historical perspective for Kirkwall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The origin of the name is given in the last article, and the church from which it is derived seems to have been one dedicated to St Olaf that existed previous to the erection of the present cathedral of St Magnus in the 12th century.
		The old church of St Olaf stood in Poorhouse Close off Bridge Street, and was, according to Dr Anderson, erected by Rögnvald to the memory of his foster father, King Olaf the Holy (not to be confounded with Olaf Tryggvison), who was killed in 1030.
		An Episcopal mission was established in 1871, and the present church (St Olaf's) was erected in 1875-76 at a cost of £1200.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/towns/townhistory621.html (4202 words)

	Culture of Nericia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		They are later chased away and have to settle in the wasteland of Wermelandia which they colonise.
		A powerful man in Nericia called Sigtryg received the Norwegian King Olaf the Holy 1028-1029 before Olaf's departure for Russia and its ruler Yaroslav I the Wise:
		Olaf stayed with Sigtryg all spring (A.D. 1029); and when summer came he made ready for a journey, procured a ship for himself, and without stopping went on to Russia to King Jarisleif and his queen Ingegerd" http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Heimskringla/haraldson7.html
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/C/Culture-of-Nericia.htm (414 words)

	The Barbarian Invasions and the Downfall of Rome
		The holy monks established monasteries in the forests and cleared and cultivated the land, while teaching others how to do the same.
		They taught the people faith and morals, established schools for their education, and instructed them in the trades and arts as well as agriculture.
		King Olaf the Holy in the tenth century saw to the conversion of Norway.
	www.catholiceducation.org /articles/history/world/wh0052.html (2382 words)

	Swedish History - The Viking Campaigns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The first known attack was in June of 793 when the Vikings attacked the Lindisfarne monastery on the Holy Island in Bretland (the British isles).
		The Norwegian crown was then taken over by Olaf the Holy who continued in Olav Tryggvason's footsteps in making Norway a Christian country.
		Later when he returned to Norway he was killed in the naval battle at Striklestad (1030) and his son, Magnus Gode, took his place.
	www.utb.boras.se /uk/se/projekt/history/articles/vikage/vikage2.htm (819 words)

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