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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 play was written by Olav Gullvåg and has been staged every year since 1954.
Since 1954 an annual the Saint Olav Drama, a re-enactment of the days leading up to the battle of 1030, has taken place at a specially built amphitheatre at Stiklestad. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In 1995, a Parliamentary decree established Stiklestad National Culture Centre ( Norwegian : Stiklestad Nasjonale Kultursenter ) at Stiklestad to promote the story ...
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."
Local chieftains included Thorir Hund, who killed Norway's Patron Saint, Saint Olav during the Battle of Stiklestad in 1030. The Trondenes Historical Centre tells the history of the area from the early Viking settlement to the 1940-1945 Nazi German occupation, with paintings, artifacts and statues depicting their history.
Battle of Fýrisvellir, 986 [2] Sweden Denmark Jomsvikings Swedish victory Eric the Victorious' invasion of Denmark, 990s [3] [a] Sweden Poland Denmark Swedish victory Olof Skötkonung's attack for the Danish throne, c. 995–999 [b] Sweden Denmark Swedish Victory Battle of Helgeå, 1026 Sweden Norway Denmark England Danish Victory
The Saint Olav Drama portraits the Battle of Stiklestad. The first people in Nord-Trøndelag settled in Flatanger and Leka between 7500 and 6000 BCE, and were migrating northwards along the coast. In about the same time, people moved upwards along the Trondheimsfjord. [6] The first farmers migrated to Stjørdal around 2000 BCE in the Stone Age. [7]
Holy Olav Chapel (Norwegian: Hellige Olav kapell) is a chapel of the Russian Orthodox Church situated at Stiklestad in Verdal Municipality, Norway.It is situated at the historical memorial complex of Stiklestad and inaugurated in honor of Olav II, also known as Saint Olav and Holy Olav, who fell in the Battle of Stiklestad at the site in 1030.
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