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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, ...
Count Olaf implies that Bertrand and Beatrice murdered Olaf's parents during an opera performance. At the beginning of the series, Bertrand dies in the fire that destroyed the Baudelaire Mansion. Before Violet's birth, Bertrand and Beatrice lived on the Island on which the events of The End (novel) take place.
Steven Berkoff as King Olaf the Stout, a Norwegian king; Erik Madsen as King Hemming, a leader of the Black Danes confederation; Markjan Winnick as King Angantyr, a leader of the Black Danes confederation; Gavan Ó Connor Duffy as King Frodo, a leader of the Black Danes confederation; Kristy Dawn Dinsmore as Amma, a shield-maiden in Harald's army
The Untold Tales of Little Crowbone (2012, short e-book only) Kingdom Series. The Lion Wakes (2011) The Lion at Bay (2012) The Lion Rampant (2013) Brothers of the Sands
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 .
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 ...
Raud outran Olaf and escaped to his settlement in Gylling and Haering, a part of the Godey Isles. After the weather calmed, Olaf sailed under cover of darkness to Godey and seized Raud from his bed. Then the king told Raud that if he accepted Christian baptism, he could keep his lands and ship and the king would be his friend.
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 ...