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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.
Mar 29, 2024 · Olaf II Haraldsson (born c. 995—died July 29, 1030, Stiklestad, Norway; feast day July 29) was the first effective king of all Norway and the country’s patron saint, who achieved a 12-year respite from Danish domination and extensively increased the acceptance of Christianity.
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Apr 25, 2022 · Learn about the life and legacy of Olaf II Haraldsson, the Christian king who unified Norway and became its patron saint. Discover his origins, adventures, battles, and death, as well as the legends and myths that surround him.
Mar 11, 2021 · March 11, 2021. A former Viking and mercenary named Olaf Haraldsson seized the throne of Norway around 1015, becoming King Olaf II. As monarch, he devoted himself to two main goals—increasing his crown authority and spreading Christianity to the jarls, chieftains and commoners who still practiced the region’s traditional religion.
May 17, 2018 · Olaf II Haroldsson (ca. 990-1030) was the first king of the whole of Norway and the organizer of its Christian conversion. He faced opposition from the Danish king Cnut and the Norwegian magnates, and was killed at the battle of Stiklestad in 1030.
In this battle, King Olaf II of Norway ( Óláfr Haraldsson) was killed. During the pontificate of Pope Alexander III, the Roman Catholic Church declared Olaf a saint in 1164. [1] His younger half-brother, Harald Hardrada ( Haraldr Haraldsson harðráði ), was also present at the battle. Harald was only fifteen when the battle of Stiklestad took place.
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 ...
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