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	Olaf II of Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Olav II Haraldsson (995 – July 29, 1030), king from 1015–1028, (known during his lifetime as the Stout and after his death as Saint Olav), was born in the year in which Olav Tryggvasson came to Norway.
		Olav is the modern equivalent in Norwegian, formerly often spelled Olaf.
		Owing to Olav'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 Olav.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Olav_II_of_Norway (1099 words)

	Hole, Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		OLAV DEN HELLIGE (St. Olav or Olav Haraldsson) reigned from 1015 to 1030.
		Olav Haraldsson is one out of four saints in Norwegian history and world known.
		HARALD HÅRDRÅDE reigned from 1046 to 1066 and was the half brother of Olav Haraldsson.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hole,_Norway (900 words)

	Medieval Pilgrimage Project - European Virtual School History Department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Olav went to sea as a Viking already at the age of 12, and was described as wise and well spoken, short and squat, and skilled in the art of combat.
		Olav was christened and baptised in 1013 or 1014 in Normandy.
		The conflict was to be solved by Olav Haraldsson marrying the daughter of Olof Skötkonung, Ingegerd, at Göta Älv on the border between Sweden and Norway.
	194.3.120.243 /humanities/vs/pilgrims/legends/stolav.htm (2758 words)

	Ólavsøka (The Olavs-festival) in the Faroe Islands
		Olav Trygvasson died in the year 1000 at the sea battle of Svoldir, where he was fighting against the Danish and the Swedish king and some of his fellow Norwegian countrymen.
		According to historical sources it is thus the memory of Olav Haraldsson that is celebrated here every year, but it is actually the memory of Olav Trygvasson that has survived in the hearts of the Faroese population.
		Olav Trygvasson is the man people have called Saint Olav, even if he was never honored as a Saint, according to the rules of the church.
	www.viking.no /e/info-sheets/faroe/e-olavsdager.htm (1127 words)

	July 29, 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		King Olav wanted the people of Norway to accept the Christianity and to be baptized, but he introduced Christianity by force and required all the people to follow the new faith.
		Olav was buried in the sand near the Nid River.
		This is certainly true in the case of Olav and the Church of Norway.
	www.mindekirken.org /Sermon/English/july_29,_2001.htm (1002 words)

	vikingkings
		Olav's paternal grandfather was Harald Hårfagre (Harald the fair-haired).
		As a child Olav was forced to flee eastwards to Gardarike (Russia) with his mother to escape the wrath of Eirik Blodøks' sons and their evil mother, Gunnhild.
		Olav was forced to flee and seek refuge in Kiev from 929 to 1030 A.D. with his brother-in-law, Grand Duke Jaroslav.
	www.norseamerica.com /vikingkings/vikingkings.html (2903 words)

	Olav Haraldsson 1015-1030 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Olav Haraldsson played an important part in christianising Norway, bringing about the adoption of Christianity as the country’s only lawful religion with the king as the supreme leader of the church.
		Olav, by this time, had lost much of his support and was forced to flee to Russia when Knut arrived in Norway in 1028.
		The veneration of Olav Haraldsson as a saint soon spread to the whole of northern Europe and a number of churches and monasteries were dedicated to him.
	www.dokpro.uio.no /umk_eng/myntherr/oh.html (389 words)

	Norwegian regents
		Olavs most important act as king, was to Christianize huge parts of his kingdom, though sometimes he had to use violence.
		Olav is the founder of Nidaros and he is supposed to have raised a church at Moster.
		Olav was approved king together with his brothers Øystein and Sigurd Jorsalfar, but since he wasn't king over the whole country, he does not belong within the official row of kings.
	www.pvv.ntnu.no /~williaj/christine/english/regent.htm (5950 words)

	Saint Olav - King of Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		It is not easy to describe Olav Haraldsson, the person and the saint.
		The best description of Olav 's conversion and life as a Christian will be given by the one who himself has taken the path of blood from pagan wildness to a life that come close to corresponding to «White Christ's» will.
		Olav Haraldsson is accepted as king in Norway
	www.katolsk.no /biografi/olav/english.htm (361 words)

	Archaeologists comb Stiklestad
		The saga of Olav the Holy is celebrated with an annual drama.
		Olav Haraldsson (Olav the Holy) waged a crusade to Christianize Norway, a feat managed posthumously after being defeated by an army of farmers at Stiklestad.
		Legend has it that Olav Haraldsson was mortally wounded on the rock that lies under the medieval church only a few meters away from where we are digging.
	www.aftenposten.no /english/local/article403363.ece?service=print (294 words)

	Battle Of Stiklestad Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		In the year 1015 Olav Haraldsson, representing the Hárfagri family, returned from one of his viking trips and he was immediately elected as King of Norway.
		Olav and his men arrived at Stiklestad a farm in the lower part of the valley.
		Olav, a rather stubborn and rash ruler, prone to rough treatment of his enemies, ironically became Norway's patron saint.
	www.artbytexans.com /encyclopedia/Battle_of_Stiklestad (1625 words)

	Trondheim, Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Olav Haraldsson was born in 995 in Ringerike in the southeastern part of Norway.
		During his reign of 13 years King Olav went on several missionary excursions to remote parts of Norway, is known to have been extremely harsh in his conversion efforts and made many enemies.
		Following the canonization of St. Olav, the town rapidly grew in importance as a pilgrimage destination and this in turn stimulated its growth as a commercial center.
	www.sacredsites.com /europe/norway/trondheim.htm (667 words)

	Olav III of Norway - ArtPolitic Encyclopedia of Politics : Information Portal
		1093), nicknamed Olav the Quiet or Olav the Peaceful was the king of Norway from 1067 until his death in 1093.
		A son of King Harald III Hardraade, Olav took part in Viking invasion of England and might have fought in the Battle of Stamford Bridge.
		A feature of his reign was the increasing importance of the towns including Bergen, founded by Olav in about 1070.
	www.artpolitic.org /infopedia/ol/Olav_Kyrre.html (188 words)

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		Olav married Olof Skötkonungs 'frillodotter' (A daughter to one of his mistresses) Astrid.
		He had been promised another, legitimate, daughter, namely Ingegärd, but she was married to Jaroslav in Holmgård. When Olav and his brother in law, Anund Jakob, united, they both wen't to war against the danish king Knut the great of denmark.
		Olav, who was consideed to be brutal bu his people, grew more and more impopular over time.
	www.ludd.luth.se /~frazze/history/mirror/dictionary/lettero.shtml (1725 words)

	Stiklestad National Culture Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		There were few signs during Olav Haraldsson's life that he would be proclaimed a saint after his death.
		Olav, who was also called Olav the Large, had a violent and vengeful temperament.
		In an attempt to regain his royal position of power, Olav Haraldsson fell at the Battle of Stiklestad on 29 July, 1030.
	www.olavsrosa.no /en/objektinfo.aspx?id=27691 (286 words)

	MavicaNET - Olav II Haraldsson, Saint (circa 995 - 1030) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Olav II Haraldsson, Saint (circa 995 - 1030)
		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/fra/32999.html (334 words)

	Hundorp, Dale-Gudbrand's Farm
		The author Snorre Sturlason has described the meeting between Olav Haraldsson and Dale-Gudbrand in 1021: While the sun is about to rise, the farmers under Dale-Gudbrand's leadership are witness to how Kolbein, one of Olav's soldiers, smashes a picture of the god Tor.
		Olav's men have already destroyed the farmers' boats and dispersed their horses; they have been humiliated and hindered from escaping.
		Olav is heard saying: "Behold, there comes our god in a flood of light" - as the sun rose.
	www.olavsrosa.no /en/objektinfo.aspx?id=27001 (297 words)

	Norwegian history (the s.c.nordic FAQ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		The viking chieftain King Olav Haraldsson defeats and slays the son of Jarl Eirik, but unites with Eirik against King Olof of Svealand.
		The battle of Stiklestad in Trøndelag, in which Olav Haraldsson (canonized as St. Olav) is killed.
		On Olav's death in January, his son Harald V succeeded him as the king of Norway.
	www.lysator.liu.se /nordic/scn/faq63.html#top (1256 words)

	Saint Olav (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Olav Haraldsson was king of Norway from 1015 to 1030.
		Olav Haraldsson`s reign appears to have lasted about a decade.
		Finally this alliance became too powerful for King Olav, who was forced to flee in 1028.
	www.stiklestad.no /english/psmaler/standard.asp?thisId=976019521 (134 words)

	content (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Olav died at the battle of Stiklestad in 1030 A.D. and was canonized in 1164 A.D. The History of St. Olav Haraldson
		The arms of Norway are a lion with the battle-axe of St. Olav in the forepawns.
		The 29 July is the anniversary of the death of Norway's patron saint, St Olav the Holy, in 1030.
	www.saintolav.com /pages/800951/page800951.html?refresh=1090136217010 (4622 words)

	Saint Olav - King of Norway - V. Olav Haraldsson returns to a divided Norway
		After Olav Trygvasson fell in the battle at Svolder, the country was divided among the victors: the Danish king, the Swedish king and the earls of Lade.
		But the divisions went much deeper in the land to which Olav believed himself to be the heir: Norway was still to a large extent a society based on clan lines.
		And the Church's proclamation of a love of neighbour that is to be shown even among the poorest of the poor is not in accord with the clan society's sovereign disdain for everything and everyone outside one's own extended family.
	www.katolsk.no /biografi/olav/eng_05.htm (1158 words)

	Pilgrim ways in Norway
		Olav became Norway’s patron saint, and his reputation reached far beyond the borders of his country.
		After King Olav had been designated a saint in August 1031, the cult of Olav spread rapidly throughout the Nordic countries, to the British Isles and the Hanseatic towns along the Baltic, finding adherents in the Netherlands, Normandy and even as far away as Spain, Russia and Constantinople.
		The oldest surviving picture of Olav was painted on a column in the Nativity Church in Bethlehem.
	195.18.161.151 /engelsk/psmaler/eng_2_pictures.asp?thisId=1105510350 (486 words)

	Odinarkiv - Norway and Estonia. Old Connections - New Partnership.
		Two of Norway's early kings, Olav I and Olav II, are both linked to the city of Tallinn - one as a slave, the other as a saint.
		Olav II came to be seen as the patron saint of Norway and parts of Northern Europe.
		Tallinn's Oleviste kirik or St. Olav's church is a beautiful expression of how Estonians have preserved the memory of Saint Olav for almost a thousand years.
	odin.dep.no /odinarkiv/norsk/dep/smk/1996/publi/099005-990652/dok-bu.html (1040 words)

	Vikings in Norway make their own Coins
		On Olav's return to Norway in the summer of 995 he was likely to be well-off with Anglo-Saxon coins.
		From Norway we have a great number of hoards spanning the time between Olav Tryggvason's return and the death of Olav Haraldsson.
		Among several thousands of coins of foreign prototype we find only three which with absolute certainty may be referred to as Norwegian: They are three pennies from Olav Haraldsson and which all were part of a hoard found at Stein in Hole in Ringerike (Norway).
	www.viking.no /e/heritage/en-money.htm (760 words)

	Ancestors and Family of Olav I Tryggvason
		Born in 968; drowned or disappeared in 1000; son of Trygvve Olaffson and Astrid; married: possibly four times, but it is uncertain whether any direct heirs survived him.
		Descendants: Olaf Haraldsson, King of Norway and patron saint.
		Olav married Thyra Haraldsdatter, daughter of Harald I Gormsson Blåtann of Denmark and Gyrid, in 999.
	nygaard.howards.net /files/2/2165.htm (2630 words)

	Ancestors and Family of Olav Haraldsson
		Snorre beskriver også tidligere en Olav Geirstad-Alv som var bror til Halvdan Svarte.
		Olav was already killed in 934 in Tunsberg by his brother Erik Blodøks.
		When King Harald was eighty years of age (A.D. 930) he became very heavy, and unable to travel through the country, or do the business of a king.
	nygaard.howards.net /files/2/1402.htm (742 words)

	Hundorp
		The power and position of the Gudbrand clan was broken down, and the Christianisation efforts received their final breakthrough with the fall of Olav Haraldsson at Stiklestad in 1031.
		At the top there is a granite stone with the inscription "Olav Haraldson 1015-1030" and a red cross inside an outline of Norway, ref. "on the land Olav painted the cross with his blood" from Norway's national anthem "Ja, vi elsker".
		A stone monument for Olav Haraldsson towers on top of a heathen burial mound, offering us today a unique expression of national- romanticism.
	home.online.no /~jostense/hundorp-farm.html (2922 words)

	Selected Families/Individuals - pafg108 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Olav 3 Haraldsson Kyrre [Parents] was born in 1050.
		She married Olav 3 Haraldsson Kyrre after 1066.
		She married Olav 3 Haraldsson Kyrre in 1067.
	home.online.no /~jgroland/roland/pafg108.htm (399 words)

	Consecration of the king in Nidaros Cathedral (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		This was what happened with Olav 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.
		King Olav V possessed remarkable historical insight and a strong sense of the value of tradition.
		In his decision to be consecrated, King Olav 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.
	www.reisenett.no /facts/government/kroning.html (4572 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of Norwegian monarchs
		Illustration in wrought-iron of Olavs life on the door of a Stave church in Hardemo, Nerike, where Olav baptized locals during his escape Olav II Haraldsson (995 â€“; July 29, 1030), king from 1015â€“1028, (known during his lifetime as the Stout and after his death as Saint Olav...
		Magnus Barefoot (1073-1103), son of Olav Kyrre, was king of Norway from 1093 until 1103.
		The given name Olav (Olaf, Olof, Olaus), the name of Saint Olav, patron of Norway, has also been borne by a number of other Norwegian kings.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-Norwegian-monarchs (6173 words)

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