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Margrete 1. Forgænger: Håkon 6. Håkon 6. Margrete 1. Oluf 2. eller Oluf Håkonsen, norsk Olav IV Håkonsson til tider også kaldet Oluf 3. [1] [2] (født december 1370, død 3. august 1387) var konge i Danmark 1376 - 1387 og i Norge 1380 - 1387. Indtil han blev 15 år, var hans mor Margrete 1. hans formynder.
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The young Oluf 2. in a section from the Kronborg tapestries made by Hans Knieper 1581-1584. The tapestries were made around 200 years after Oluf's death and cannot be expected to have portrait likeness. Photo Hans Knieper Wikipedia. When King Håkon also died in 1380, the young Oluf also became king of Norway with his mother as guardian.
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Olaf's Old Norse name is Óláfr Haraldsson [ˈoːlɑːvz̠ˈhɑrɑldsˌson]. During his lifetime he was known as Olaf "the fat" or "the stout" or simply as Olaf "the big" (Ólafr digri [ˈdiɣre]; Modern Norwegian Olav Digre). He was also called Olaf 'the Lawbreaker' for his many brutal ways of converting the Norwegian populace. In Norway today,[when?] he is co...
St. Olaf is attested having been born in Ringerike, yet Ringerike must not be conflated with the modern notion of the district named after the legendary Ringerike of Ivar Vidfamne and Sigurd Hring, which may be regarded as the confederation of five petty kingdoms conferring with the five kings that established Olaf Haraldson as their High King at H...
Many texts have information about Olaf Haraldsson. The oldest is the Glælognskviða or "Sea-Calm Poem", composed by Þórarinn loftunga, an Icelander. It praises Olaf and mentions some of the famous miracles attributed to him. The Norwegian synoptic histories also mention Olaf. These include the Ágrip af Nóregskonungasögum (c.1190), the Historia Norwe...
A widely used account of Olaf's life is found in Heimskringla from c.1225. Although its facts are dubious, the saga recounts Olaf's deeds as follows: In 1008, Olaf landed on the Estonian island of Saaremaa (Osilia). The Osilians, taken by surprise, had at first agreed to Olaf's demands, but then gathered an army during the negotiations and attacked...
Olaf has traditionally been seen as leading the Christianisation of Norway, but most scholars of the period now believe that Olaf had little to do with the process. Olaf brought with him Grimketel, who is usually credited with helping him create episcopal sees and further organising the Norwegian church, but Grimketel was only a member of Olaf's ho...
Olaf swiftly became Norway's patron saint; Bishop Grimketel performed his canonisation only a year after his death.[a] The cult of Olaf unified the country and consolidated the Christianisation of Norway. He is also recognized as the patron saint of the Faroe Islands. Owing to Olaf's later status as Norway's patron saint, and to his importance in l...
Attribution: 1. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Olaf § Olaf (II.) Haraldssön". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 62.
Delehaye, Hippolyte (1911). "Canonization" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 192–93.Ekrem, Inger; Lars Boje Mortensen; Karen Skovgaard-Petersen (2000) Olavslegenden og den Latinske Historieskrivning i 1100-tallets Norge (Museum Tusculanum Press) ISBN 978-87-7289-616-8Hoftun, Oddgeir (2008) Kristningsprosessens og herskermaktens ikonografi i nordisk middelalder (Oslo) ISBN 978-82-560-1619-8Hoftun, Oddgeir (200) Stavkirkene – og det norske middelaldersamfunnet (Copenhagen; Borgens Forlag) ISBN 87-21-01977-0"Olaf II." . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.Oluf 2 of Denmark (Kronborg tapestries).jpg ... 9 October 2017. stated in. The Peerage. ... 24 August 2018. SELIBR ID. 196260. 0 references.
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Oct 8, 2010 · English: Oluf II of Denmark depicted on the so-called Kronborg tapestries, 40 tapestries depicting Danish kings commissioned by Frederik II for the Grand Hall at Kronborg Castle Date between 1581 and 1584
