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This was where the Battle of Stiklestad took place, as described by Snorri Sturluson in his famous work Heimskringla, written about 200 years later. At Stiklestad, Olaf met an army led by Hárek of Tjøtta (Old Norse: Hárekr ór Þjóttu), Thorir Hund from Bjarkøy and Kálfr Árnason, a man who previously served Olaf
Saint Olaf (c. 995 – 29 July 1030), also called Olaf the Holy, Olaf II, Olaf Haraldsson, and Olaf the Stout, [1] was King of Norway from 1015 to 1028. Son of Harald Grenske, a petty king in Vestfold, Norway, [2] he was posthumously given the title Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae (English: Eternal/Perpetual King of Norway) and canonised at Nidaros by Bishop Grimketel, one year after his death in the ...
The Saint Olav Drama, 2003 Pål Christian Eggen acting as king Olaf II of Norway in The Saint Olav Drama at Stiklestad 2014.. Saint Olav Drama (Norwegian: Spelet om Heilag Olav) is an outdoor theatre performance played every end of July in Stiklestad in Verdal Municipality, Norway.
Stiklestad Church is located in the village and it is assumed to have been erected on the exact spot where King Olaf II Haraldsson fell in the battle. The king was buried in Nidaros ( Trondheim ), canonised there on 3 August 1031, and later enshrined in Nidaros Cathedral .
The cross of flowers – the armorial of Verdal Municipality – at Stiklestad during Olsok in July 2013. Olav den hellige stumps at the Battle of Stiklestad.. Olsok (lit. ' Olaf's Wake ' or ' Olaf's Vigil ') is a national day of celebration on July 29 in the Nordic countries of Norway and the Faroe Islands, and also in the provinces of Härjedalen in Sweden and Savonlinna in Finland.
Since 1934 Quisling's Nasjonal Samling party had held a number of rallies at Stiklestad, in an attempt to link the party to Norway’s historic past. [2] The NS monument took the place of the Olav's monument erected in 1807 in remembrance of Olav Haraldsson, who later became King Olaf II of Norway and received the epithet "Olaf the Holy."
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There were three St. Olav’s shrines. The first was the original wooden coffin from Stiklestad, covered by expensive cloth. The second was a costly shrine that according to Snorre Sturlasson was made by King Magnus Olavsson (1035–1047), Olav’s son. This shrine was probably a wooden coffin covered by silver plates with religious motifs.