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St. Olaf College is a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, United States.It was founded in 1874 by a group of Norwegian-American pastors and farmers led by Pastor Bernt Julius Muus.
Olavinlinna (Swedish: Olofsborg), also known as St. Olaf's Castle, is a 15th-century three-tower castle located in Savonlinna, Finland. It is built on an island in the Kyrönsalmi strait that connects the lakes Haukivesi and Pihlajavesi. It is the northernmost medieval stone fortress still standing. [1]
St. Olaf Township is a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 395 at the time of the 2020 census. St. Olaf Township was originally called Oxford Township, and under the latter name was organized in 1869. The current name, adopted in 1870, was named after Olaf II of Norway. [3]
The Pilgrim's Route, (Norwegian: Pilegrimsleden) also known as St. Olav's Way or the Old Kings' Road, was a pilgrimage route to the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway. The cathedral is the site of the medieval tomb of St. Olav. The main route is approximately 640 kilometres (400 mi) long.
St. Olav’s Shrine was the resting place of the earthly remains of St. Olav, Norway’s patron saint, behind the high altar of Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Norway, from the mid 11th century. For nearly five centuries the shrine was of major religious importance to Norway and the other Nordic countries , and also to other parts of Northern ...
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 ...
St. Olaf is a large village in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. [3] The population was 106 at the time of the 2020 census , down from 136 in 2000. [ 4 ] Swiss Valley has a large cheese packaging plant in St. Olaf.
Baltic was originally called St. Olaf, and under the latter name was laid out in 1881. [7] Another variant name was Keyes. [7] A post office was established under the name Saint Olaf in 1872, the name was changed to Keyes in 1887, and the name was again changed to Baltic in 1889. [8]