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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Olaf_II_of_NorwayOlaf II of Norway - Wikipedia

    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 ...

  2. www.britannica.com › biography › Olaf-II-HaraldssonOlaf II Haraldsson | Viking King of Norway, Christian ...

    Mar 29, 2024 · Olaf II Haraldsson ; 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. His religious code of 1024 is considered to represent Norway’s first.

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  4. www.britannica.com › biography › OlafOlaf | Viking Age, Norse Mythology & Scandinavian History

    Mar 29, 2024 · Olaf (died 1022, Sweden) was the king of Sweden (c. 980–1022) whose apparent efforts to impose Christianity were frustrated by the leading non-Christian Swedish chieftains.

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  5. www.britannica.com › biography › Olaf-TryggvasonOlaf Tryggvason | Biography & Facts | Britannica

    Mar 29, 2024 · Olaf Tryggvason (born c. 964—died c. 1000) was a Viking king of Norway (995– c. 1000), much celebrated in Scandinavian literature, who made the first effective effort to Christianize Norway.

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  7. www.thevikingherald.com › article › who-was-olafWho was Olaf Tryggvason, the first genuinely Christian king ...

    Mar 15, 2023 · Celebrated in Norway as the first truly Christian king of the realm, the founder of its first church, and the city of Trondheim, Olaf Tryggvason is one of the country's most important historical figures. Olaf Tryggvason was an important figure in the transition of Norway from a pagan to a Christian society. Source: The Viking Herald.

  8. www.history.com › topics › explorationLeif Eriksson - Day, Biography & Facts - HISTORY

    Apr 22, 2010 · Born in Iceland around A.D. 970, Erikson sailed to Norway around A.D. 1000, where King Olaf I converted him to Christianity.

  9. thehistorianshut.com › 2020/04/30 › saint-olaf-andSaint Olaf And The Story Of His Godly ... - The Historian's Hut

    Apr 30, 2020 · Saint Olaf, otherwise known as King Olaf II of Norway (r. 1015-1028), gained his saintly title by waging a campaign of forced conversions in his Norwegian lands. The king, going from assembly to assembly, gave the communities under his jurisdiction an ultimatum—either convert from their Norse religion to Christianity, or try their luck in ...

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