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	Olav Tryggvason - Haakon Haakonsson - kopi av Gokstadskipet - Vikingskip og norske trebåter - Vikingships
		Sjøsetting av "Olav Tryggvason" på Bjørkedalen i Volda i 1997.
		Det fikk navn etter kong Olav Tryggvason, som regjerte i 995 - 1000.
		I 2003 ble "Olav Tryggvason" solgt videre til en gruppe entusiaster i Bergen.
	home.online.no /~joeolavl/viking/olav-tryggvason.htm (358 words)

	vikingkings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		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)

	Vikingships from the norse saga litterature
		Olav Tryggvason was very pleased with this ship and it became a model for the more famous ship "Ormen Lange".
		This ship was built for the norwegian king Olav Tryggvason in the end of the 10th century AD at Ladehammaren in Trondheim, Norway.
		In this bloodshed king Olav Tryggvason was defeated and killed by a party of the dane king Svein, the svea king Olav and earl Eirik Håkonsson from Norway.
	home.online.no /~joeolavl/viking/sagaships.htm (1296 words)

	Olav Haraldsson
		Olav Haraldsson - Olav the Stout - Olav the Saint
		Olav came home to a country split up and ruled by chieftains and local petty kings, but parts of the country were also ruled by the King of Sweden and Denmark.
		Olav had to flee from the country and went to Novgorod in Russia, to King Jaroslav, the husband of his wife’s half-sister.
	www.viking.no /e/people/st.olav/index.htm (1601 words)

	Olav i tryggvason - NRK.no - Norgesglasset
		Olav er et navn fra vikingetiden, og har en lang tradisjon i den norske kongesagaen.
		Olav I Tryggvason Kroninga av Olav Tryggvason måla av Peter Nicolai Arbo.
		Olav I Tryggvason (968?-1000?), was a Viking leader who became king of Norway in 995.
	ifindonline.com /?q=olav-i-tryggvason (465 words)

	Trondheim, Norway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		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 (658 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)

	Vestvågøy Theme 3 of Travels in Time
		Olav Tryggvason was strongly connected to the Christianization of Norway.
		Together with Olav Tryggvason he is maybe the most important king in to the Christianization of Norway.
		Olav treated his opponents harshly and made enemies both in Norway and abroad.
	www.travels-in-time.net /e/norway03arteng.htm (678 words)

	Olav Tryggvason 995-1000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Olav subsequently converted to the Christian faith and was baptised in England in 995.
		Olav Tryggvason was determined to introduce the Christian faith in his territory.
		On a return voyage from Vendland (Pommerania), Olav was challenged by a superior fleet that included the Danish fleet, the ships of the Swedish king, and those of Earl Håkon's sons Svein and Eirik.
	www.dokpro.uio.no /umk_eng/myntherr/ot.html (309 words)

	Norwaves Volume 3, Number 25, 1995
		The people of Moster meet the Viking Olav Tryggvason who comes by sea from the west to claim the Norse throne and to convert the country to Christianity.
		The Christian conversion of Norway culminated at the battle of Stiklestad in 1030 where King Olav Haraldson fell, soon to be remembered as "Olav the Holy." His death inspired many Norwegians to abandon their ancient gods, and his shrine was erected on the site that became the splendid gothic Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim.
		The city attracted pilgrims from all northern Europe and was called "the Jerusalem of the North." Christian influences continued to reach Norway from several sources such as the British Isles in the west, and Germany and Denmark in the south.
	www.norwaves.com /norwaves/Volume3_1995/v3nw25.html (4418 words)

	Olav Trygvason (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Olav var ein dyktig bogeskyttar, og det vert fortalt at han gjekk utanbords på årane medan mennene rodde skipet hans, Ormen Lange.
		Olav Trygvason var blid, veltalande og svært godt likt av vennane sine.
		Nokre seier at Olav drukna i dette slaget ved Svolder, medan andre seier han klarte å kome seg unna.
	fuv.hivolda.no.cob-web.org:8888 /prosjekt/steinma/trygvason.html (408 words)

	JOMSBORG VIKINGS HIRD
		The Jomsvikingasaga and the Olav Tryggvasons' Saga - the richest sources of knowledge about Jomsborg vikings - they tell how during a war with jarl Hakon tens of Jomsborgvikings becomes prisoners and were convict on cutting off axe.
		Olav Tryggvason's Saga says like that about Jomsvikings' campaign to Norway: "They had 20 ships from Skania [souther Sweden] and 40 ships from Vendland [Pomerania and Poland].
		Because Jomsvikingasaga and Olav Tryggvason's Saga were written down in XII/XIII century, true and legend are mixed together.
	www.jomsborg.pl /korzenie_en.html (1331 words)

	OLAV TRYGGVASONOlav was one of our most feared Viking kings (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		They wanted to throw magic on the king, but the magic was thrown back on themselves and Olav had them all tied up on some skerries in the sea.
		Before Olav Haraldson became king of Norway, he fought as a Viking in many countries, among these was England where he helped the English king Æthelred against the Danes.
		This event stirred up bad blood between the families and led to the death of Olav at Stiklestad where Asbjørn’s uncle Tore Hund was among the men who killed the king.
	www.karmoyped.no.cob-web.org:8888 /sagaisland/olav_tryggvason.htm (431 words)

	World InfoZone - Norway Facts
		King Olav Tryggvason founded the city of Trondheim in 997.
		In 1030 King Olav Haraldsson was killed at the Battle of Stiklestad.
		Olav Haraldsson's body was taken to Trondheim where a cathedral was built over his grave.
	www.worldinfozone.com /facts.php?country=Norway (469 words)

	Courtly Lives - Saaremaa Island
		Norwegian King Olaf Tryggvason was captured by the Estonian Vikings and enslaved when he was a boy, in 970.
		Olav was born circa 968 and was killed in battle on August 31, 1000, at age 32.
		His grandfather was Olav Geiristha/Alf II and his great-grandfather was Harold I Fairhair and his great grandmother was Svanhild.
	www.angelfire.com /mi4/polcrt/Saaremaa.html (2442 words)

	Norwegian Navy Ships--CM Olav Tryggvason
		Olav Tryggvason, a 1924-ton minelayer, was built at Horton, Norway.
		She was scuttled at Kiel, Germany, in May 1945 after being badly damaged by bombs.
		This page features views of Olav Tryggvason while serving as the German Brummer.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-fornv/norway/olav-tr.htm (168 words)

	Olav Tryggvasons mynthistorie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Shortly after he was made king in Norway in the summer of 995, Olav Trygvason started minting silverpennies in his own name with the edge inscription ONLAF REX NORmannorum, "Olav the king of the Norwegians".
		He was given the sobriquet "the Unread" (den rådville) as a result of being at a loss for ideas in the battle against the Viking army led jointly by Olav Tryggvason and the Dane, Svend Tveskæg (Forkbeard).
		The four pennies preserved from Olav Tryggvason are all stamped with the same stamps.
	www.dokpro.uio.no /umk_eng/myntherr/ot_hist.html (259 words)

	Vikings in Norway make their own Coins
		During the years 991 and 994 he was in England, engaged in sharing large sums of money (Danegeld), which the English king Aethelred paid to the Danish-Norwegian Viking army to avoid attacks and pillage.
		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.
	www.viking.no /e/heritage/en-money.htm (760 words)

	HNoMS Olav Tryggvason - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The minelayer HNoMS Olav Tryggvason was built for the Royal Norwegian Navy by the Naval yard in Horten in the early 1930's.
		Olav Tryggvason was at Horten for repair when the Germans invaded on 9 April 1940.
		Olav Tryggvason was taken into German service and renamed Albatross II, to commemorate the torpedo-boat she had sunk.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/HNoMS_Olav_Tryggvason (354 words)

	Olaf I of Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The later dates cast doubt over Olaf's claim to be of Harald Fairhair's kin, and the legitimacy of his claim to the throne.
		Snorri Sturluson claims in Olav Tryggvson's saga that Olaf was born on an islet in Randsfjorden, where his mother Astrid daughter of Eirik Bjodaskalle, was hiding from her husband's killers, led by Harald Greyhide, the son of Eirik Bloodaxe.
		According to Tryggvason's saga, one day in the Novgorod marketplace Olaf encountered Klerkon, his enslaver and the murderer of his foster father.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Olav_Tryggvason (1808 words)

	Albatros
		På morgenen 9 april setter de tyske minesveiperne kursen inn i havna, men den norske minelggeren Olav Tryggvason åpner ild mot de tyske styrkene og R-17 blir raskt satt ut av spill.
		On the morning of 9 April the German minesweepers sets the course in to the harbor, but the Norwegian minelayer Olav Tryggvason opens fire against the German forces and R-17 is quickly put out of action.
		During the duel, shrapnel from one of the shots from Olav Tryggvason kills one of the crew members on Albatros, but the ship is unharmed.
	www.skovheim.org /located/ostfold/albatros/albatros.htm (966 words)

	6.3 History
		The viking chieftain King Olav Haraldsson defeats and slays the son of Jarl Eirik, but unites with Eirik against King Olof of Svealand.
		King Olav escaped to his relative King Jaroslav in Novgorod, where he raised an army.
		1029 Bishopric in Trondheim 1030 The battle of Stiklestad in Trøndelag, in which Olav Haraldsson (canonized as St. Olav) is killed.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/nordic-faq/part6_NORWAY/section-2.html (1148 words)

	NACC Mid-Atlantic: Central Norway Information
		One of the many historic sites in Central Norway is Stiklestad, the battlefield where King Olav Haraldsson fell on July 1030, and became known as St. Olav.
		Trondheim, or Nidaros as it used to be called was founded by King Olav Tryggvason in 997.
		Trondheim, the major city in Central Norway has several dominant educational institutions, including the well known Norwegian University of Science and Technology for technological education and research, and Sintef, a research group that performs contract research and development for industry and the public sector in the fields of technology and the natural and social sciences.
	www.naccma.org /norway/middle.asp (433 words)

	Brunmarde.com: Black Metal II
		According to the saga: Olav Tryggvason returned to Norway.
		The sagas tell us that Olav Tryggvason built a wooden church by the cave where St. Sunniva was found.
		London, 994 A.D. Kneeling at the baptismal font is Olav Tryggvason, a Norwegian-born Viking.
	brunmarde.com /vieillemarde/2006/10/black_metal_ii.php (698 words)

	Images from Trondheim: Olav Tryggvason on the Town Square (1600×1200) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Images from Trondheim: Olav Tryggvason on the Town Square (1600×1200)
		King Olav Tryggvason (lifespan 968-1000) founded the town in the year 997; he is still there on the top of the granite pillar
		The statue is made by Wilhelm Rasmussen (1879-1965) and unveiled in 1921.
	exviking.net /man/xl/OlavTryggvason.htm (68 words)

	Wiking-Modelle - after-war military ships - 'Olav Tryggvason' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		This in light grey painted model is completely made of plastic.
		The printing on top of the box is a blue field with 'WIKING', 'SCHIFFS', 'MODELLE' and '1:1250' on the left and a white field with 'N 1', 'Minenleger', 'OLAV TRYGGVASON' and 'WIKING-MODELLBAU * 1 BERLIN 45' on the right.
		2,- / M-L. Tryggvason 4,- / Torp.-B. Sleipner 2,-), where in front of 'M-L. Tryggvason' a red spot is painted.
	www.grinsen.de /wiking/ship/e_olav.htm (180 words)

	The Pilgrims Way to Trondheim - Vikings from Norway - visitnorway.com
		Sagas tell the story of Olav Tryggvason founded the city at the mouth of the river Nidelva in 997 AD.
		The sainted King Olav Haraldsson was buried here in 1030.
		Nidaros Cathedral was erected over his grave, and for four centuries this city was a pilgrimage site for pilgrims seeking consolation, help and healing.
	www.visitnorway.com /templates/NTRarticle.aspx?id=41744 (196 words)

	Trondheim, Norway - photos of sightseeing in Trondheim on Worldisround
		The Sagas tell us how King Olav Tryggvason of Viking fame founded the city by...
		King Olav Haraldsson was buried by Nidelven, the river Nid, after he...
		Work on erecting the first stone church at St. Olav's burial site...
	www.worldisround.com /articles/176047/index.html (264 words)

	Norwegian Navy Ships--CM Olav Tryggvason (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Norwegian Navy Ships--CM Olav Tryggvason (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu)
		DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
		Note mine launching doors in the ship's transom, and snow on her gun blast shield.
	www.history.navy.mil.cob-web.org:8888 /photos/sh-fornv/norway/olav-tr.htm (176 words)

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