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The battle of Stiklestad. In 1030 king Olav had a dream which he interpreted as a call to go back home and fight for his country. He arrived at Stiklestad with a small army and was killed at a battle there. The St. Olav’s saga, written by the Islandic historian Snorre Sturlasson, tells about miracles that occurred at the battle scene and ...
Olaf II Haraldsson (c. 995 – 29 July 1030), also Olav Haraldsson, later known as Saint Olaf and Olaf the Holy, was King of Norway from 1015 to 1028. Son of Harald Grenske, a petty king in Vestfold, Norway, 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 Battle ...
Oct 14, 2004 · A new book raises questions of paternity. In the new book «Folket», author Tor Bomann-Larsen states that Queen Maud’s personal physician Sir Francis Laking or his son may have been King Olav ...
Olav had powerful opponents among Norwegian noblemen, and his brutal actions made him unpopular. When King Knut of Denmark seized the country in 1028, Olav fled to his brother-in-law in Gardariket. He returned two years later to regain power but was stopped by a large peasant army led by Norwegian noblemen. On 29 July, Olav was killed at the ...
The king in many pagan cultures, was considered as semi-divine, a mediator with (and sometimes descendant of) the gods. King Olav certainly had these things in mind as he ruled his country. He meant (as the sagas tell us) to bring down “luck” from God and to share this with his people.
Effects of Saint Olav’s Way in Spain: Burgos. In Covarrubias (Burgos, Spain) there is a Saint Olav’s Chapel. You might wonder why there is a chapel dedicated to a Norwegian saint in the middle of Spain. Well, this chapel was built because of a promise that Felipe, brother of Alfonso X the Wise, did to his wife. She was Christina of Norway.
