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Olaf (also called Olaf the Stout and Saint Olaf) was a descendant of Harald I (known as Fairhair). He became a Viking at a young age, harrying ships in the Baltic and then off the coast of England. Later he fought for the duke of Normandy.


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Olav was the son of King Harald of Vestfold County in Norway and Åsta Gudbransdaughter. Olav's father was killed before Olav was born and his mother then married Sigurd the Sow, also a descendant of King Harold Finehair, and a man with large estates in the Ringerike region north of Vestfold County.


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King Olaf was a descendant of Harald Finehair (also called Fairhair), yet in Vikings, they are contemporaries, and fractious ones at that. The real Floki led settlers to Iceland, but was not.


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Olaf II Haraldsson (c. 995 - 29 July 1030), later known as Saint Olaf (and traditionally as St. Leif), 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 Grimkell, one year after his death in the Battle of.


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Vikings (TV Series 2013-2020) Steven Berkoff as King Olaf the Stout. Menu. Movies. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. TV Shows.


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Museum of Childhood. July 29, 2014. Saint Olaf (Eng: Olave; b.995, d.1030), or to give him is full name, King Saint Olaf II Haraldsson, was King of Norway, 1015-1028. Unusually for a saint (but not necessarily for a medieval king, or a Viking for that matter) he was an extremely violent man. Missionary attempts that he conducted in remote parts.


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St Olaf II, King of Norway Also known as St Olaf II, King of Norway primary name: St Olaf II. Olaf the Stout Details individual; ruler; saint/martyr; Norwegian; Male. Other dates 1015-1028 (ruled) 2 related objects. coin. Museum number 1956,0408.92 | Authority BIOG112993.


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Steven Berkoff stars as Olaf the Stout in Vikings, the former King of Norway. The English actor, playwright, author and theatre director has been part of the show since 2017 making His first.


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There camped Harald's half-brother, the once and - if the two of them had their way - future King of Norway, Olaf II. Twenty years older than Harald, Olaf, called "the Stout," had first served as a teenaged mercenary fighting for England's King Aethelred (sometimes called "the Unready" but more accurately "the Poorly Advised").


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Celebrity News Home Showbiz & TV TV & Radio Vikings season 6: Who is Olaf I? Meet the former King of Norway VIKINGS season 6 is well underway and Olaf is currently holding Harald Finehair.


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Olaf II Haraldsson ( c. 995 - 29 July 1030), later known as Saint Olaf and Olaf the Holy, was King of Norway from 1015 to 1028.


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Olaf II Haraldsson, also called "the Fat" or "the Stout" during his lifetime, was born in 995 (the year in which Olaf Tryggvessön arrived in Norway.) After fighting the Danes in England, Olaf Haraldsson returned to Norway in 1015 and declared himself king. He obtained the support of the five petty kings of the Uplands.


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Olaf II Haraldsson, (born c. 995—died July 29, 1030, Stiklestad, Norway; feast day July 29), 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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Olaf IIIOlaf Haraldsson Old Norse Óláfr HaraldssonOlav Haraldsson1050 - 22 September 1093), known as Olaf the Peaceful (Old Norse: Óláfr kyrri, Norwegian: Olav Kyrre ), was King of Norway from 1067 until his death in 1093. [1]


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Olaf II (Saint Olaf), c.995-1030, king of Norway (1015-28). He is also called Olaf the Stout or Olaf the Fat. He spent part of his early life in England and helped Æthelred fight the Danes. He was converted to Christianity, and when he returned