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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 Oldest Saga of St. Olaf or the First Saga of St. Olaf is one of the kings' sagas.It is the earliest Norse biography of King Óláfr Haraldsson.Early scholars judged it to be among the first sagas written, perhaps around 1160, but later scholarship has moved the date up to the end of the 12th century.
Olaf Tryggvason (960s – 9 September 1000) was King of Norway from 995 to 1000. He was the son of Tryggvi Olafsson, king of Viken (Vingulmark, and Rånrike), and, according to later sagas, the great-grandson of Harald Fairhair, first King of Norway.
The Danish king Harald Bluetooth had himself hailed as king of Norway after the Battle of Fitjar (c. 961). ... Saint Olav (Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae) 1015–1028 c. 995
Pål Christian Eggen (above) played King Olaf II of Norway in The Saint Olav Drama in 2014. The Saint Olav Drama (Spelet om Heilag Olav) is an outdoor theatre performance played every end of July in Stiklestad. In July 1954, the owner of the farm at Stiklestad gave permission for the performance of a play based on the battle on his property.
The Legendary Saga of St. Olaf or Helgisaga Óláfs konungs Haraldssonar is one of the kings' sagas, a 13th-century biography of the 11th-century Saint Olaf II of Norway.It is based heavily on the largely lost Oldest Saga of St. Olaf.
Olaf III or Olaf Haraldsson (Old Norse: Óláfr Haraldsson, Norwegian: Olav Haraldsson; c. 1050 – 22 September 1093), known as Olaf the Peaceful (Old Norse: Óláfr kyrri, Norwegian: Olav Kyrre), was King of Norway from 1067 until his death in 1093.
Saint Sigfrid of Sweden (died 1067), Professed Priest of the Benedictines (Subiaco Congregation); Bishop of Växjö (Kronoberg, Sweden) Canonized: 1158 by Pope Adrian IV; Saint Olav II Haraldsson (c. 995–1030), Married Layperson of the Diocese of Oslo; King of Norway (Buskerus – Trøndelag, Norway) Canonized: 1164 by Pope Alexander III