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  Encyclopedia: Olof Skötkonung   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Olof of Sweden or Olof Skötkonung/Skottkonung (the meaning of the cognomen is disputed) was the son of Eric the Victorious and Sigrid the Haughty.
Olof was also made to accept a settlement with Olaf II of Norway at Kungahälla, who already had been married (unbeknownst to Olof) with Olof's daugher, Astrid, through the Geatish jarl Ragnvald Ulfsson.
Olof was baptised, probably by the missionary Sigfrid the Holy, ca 1000, and he was the first Swedish king to remain christian until his death.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Olof-Sk%C3%B6tkonung   (1997 words)

  
 Olof_of_Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
'''Olof of Sweden''', '''Olof the Tax-king''', ''Olof Sk�tkonung'' or ''Skautkonung'', the first Christian king in Sweden, reigned between 995 and 1022.
Father of Ingegerd Olofsdotter that married Yaroslav I the Wise, Tsar of Russia.
According to the Sagas, Eric the Victorious ruled together with his brother Olof (II) Bj�rnsson.
goc.subdomain.de /Olof_of_Sweden   (184 words)

  
 A Global Witness
From the beginning of Christianity in Northern Europe, the church can be described as a part of the state.
Probably in the year 1008, King Olof Sk^tkonung of Sweden was baptized by St. Sigfrid, Bishop of Vïxj^.
The faith of the king united the nation, confirmed the royal house, and incorporated this northern part of the world into the international community under the pope of Rome.
www.thewitness.org /agw/mogren.html   (1428 words)

  
 Olof of Sweden - Enpsychlopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In 1018, Olof's cousin, the earl of Westrogothia, Ragnvald Ulfsson and the Norwegian king's emissaries Björn Stallare and Halte Skeggesson had arrived at the thing of Uppsala in an attempt to sway the Swedish king to accept peace and as a warrant marry his daughter Ingegerd Olofsdotter to the king of Norway.
However, the impending rebellion was settled when Olof agreed to share his power with his son Anund Jacob.
Olof was also forced to accept a settlement with Olaf II of Norway at Kungahälla, who already had been married (unbeknownst to Olof) with Olof's daugher, Astrid, through the Geatish jarl Ragnvald Ulfsson.
www.grohol.com /psypsych/Olof_Sk%F6tkonung   (866 words)

  
 An MS from 991 which changed history.
Due to the trakta in question Anluf(Olof) who was the warleader of the Norse during the raid before the trakta, converted into the Christian faith.
Step two: Due to Anluf having converted said Olof King of Norway(what ever that meant in those days) during the visit of Leif Eriksson at the King's court came to be given the mission to make the people living on Greenland convert into the Christian faith.
Same year as Leif Eriksson sailed to Vinland, bishop Sigfrid had arrived at King Olof Sk￶tkonung's court while the King was visiting his Dynasty farm in Husaby V¦sterg￶tland(Visigothaland).
www.science-one.com /new-5553416-4250.html   (4460 words)

  
 ► » MS 991's impact on Leif Eriksson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
King Olof Skï¿¶tkonung who in year 1000 AD was baptised of the same bishop on
Olof Sk￶tkonung of Sweden with roots in V¦sterg￶tland were halfbrothers but
in Sweden, and the baptising of King Olof Skï¿¶tkonung.
www.science-one.org /MS-991s-impact-on-Leif-Eriksson-5553492.html   (3055 words)

  
 KRS archaeology
Try to follow the intermarriages between Royalty in Europe, which = = Monestry Order that were linked to the Royal Families of Sweden and the = = impact several hundred years later of the marriages between King Olof = = Sk￶tkonung's daughter's children into the major Royal Families of Europe.
Try to follow the intermarriages between Royalty in Europe, which Monestry Order that were linked to the Royal Families of Sweden and the impact several hundred years later of the marriages between King Olof Sk￶tkonung's daughter's children into the major Royal Families of Europe.
Try to follow the intermarriages between Royalty in Europe, which = Monestry Order that were linked to the Royal Families of Sweden and the = impact several hundred years later of the marriages between King Olof = Sk￶tkonung's daughter's children into the major Royal Families of Europe.
www.science-one.com /new-5552314-4250.html   (13497 words)

  
 ► » MS 991 unexpected impact in contacts eastward.
It might be because he had betrotten his oldest daughter Ingegerd to the
King Olof Skï¿¶tkonung was half-brother to Canute the Great and to Ester.
Ingegerd let her youth-beloved's son stay behind in Novgorod when Olof later
www.science-one.org /detail-5555401.html   (2194 words)

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