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Gyda choosing to marry Olaf Tryggvason, from Gustav Storm and Ethel Harriet Hearn's 1899 translation of The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald the Tyrant. In 988, Olaf sailed to England, because a thing had been called by Queen Gyda, sister of Olaf Cuaran, King of Dublin. Gyda was the widow of an earl, and was searching for a new husband. A ...
An amused Olaf instead has Hvitserk tortured. Nevertheless, Hvitserk refuses to change his mind about Ivar. Impressed, Olaf decides to support him. In Kattegat, Ivar orders Thora's arrest and accuses her of fomenting hatred toward him; she contends that in Ragnar's time, all were free.
Low was war correspondent in Vietnam and several other locations, including Sarajevo, Romania, and Kosovo, until "common-sense, age and the concerns of [his] wife and daughter prevailed". [4]
Tryggve Olafsson was the son of Olaf Haraldsson, king of Vestfold and Vingulmark, and grandson of King Harald Fairhair. According to the Heimskringla, Tryggve performed Viking expeditions in Ireland and Scotland. In 946 King Haakon I of Norway went north, and set Tryggve to defend Viken against his enemies in the south. He also gave him all ...
A woman has gone viral for her reaction to her surprise proposal. For American-Cambodian swimmer Apsara Sakbun, 2024 was full of rings. She spent her summer representing Cambodia at the 2024 Paris ...
"We are deeply sorry for cutting our interview with Babyface short on our YouTube livestream of the Grammys red carpet," AP posted. "We have apologized to him through his representative and to our ...
Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson (born 26 September 1962), also known as Olaf Olafsson, is an Icelandic businessman and writer. [1] He is best known for his tenure at Sony and his leadership in the creation of the PlayStation video game console .
Jack Hoffman, a young cancer patient and Nebraska fan who scored an iconic touchdown during the Cornhuskers’ spring game in 2013, died on Wednesday.