{"slug": "olaf-tryggvason", "label": "Olaf Tryggvason", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_Tryggvason", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213801", "qid": "Q213801", "description": "King of Norway", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [967, 1000], "span_label": ["967 CE", "1000 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "norway", "label": "Norway", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "danegeld", "label": "Danegeld", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "sweyn-forkbeard", "label": "Sweyn Forkbeard", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "denmark", "label": "Denmark", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thelred-the-unready", "label": "Æthelred the Unready", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thames-estuary", "label": "Thames Estuary", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "christianity", "label": "Christianity", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "scandinavia", "label": "Scandinavia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "althing", "label": "Althing", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "king-of-norway", "label": "King of Norway", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "icelandic-commonwealth", "label": "Icelandic Commonwealth", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 967, "year_label": "967 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Olaf Tryggvason flees Norway with his mother, only to be attacked by Estonian Vikings (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364919490#Europe", "title": "967", "revid": 1364919490, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 991, "year_label": "991 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 11", "text": "August 11: Following a raid by Olaf Tryggvason at the mouth of the River Thames, ealdorman Byrhtnoth is killed in the Battle of Maldon in Essex, which is commemorated in the Old English poem The Battle of Maldon. Æthelred the Unready is forced to pay a tribute of 22,000 pounds of silver for Tryggvason to withdraw his troops; this is the first in a series of Danegelds.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365261005#Events", "title": "991", "revid": 1365261005, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 994, "year_label": "994 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "A Danish Viking fleet, under Olaf Tryggvason, sails up the Thames Estuary, and besieges London. King Æthelred II (the Unready) pays Olaf 16,000 lbs of silver (Danegeld).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350027284#England", "title": "994", "revid": 1350027284, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 995, "year_label": "995 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Olaf Tryggvason is crowned king of Norway (and ruled until 1000) and builds the country's first Christian church.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360634539#Europe", "title": "995", "revid": 1360634539, "section": "Events › Europe"}}, {"year": 999, "year_label": "999 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 9", "text": "September 9 (999 or 1000) – Battle of Svolder: A Norwegian fleet, commanded by Olaf Tryggvason in his longship Ormrinn langi, is defeated by the combined fleet of the Danish king Sweyn Forkbeard and his Swedish counterpart Olof Skötkonung, resulting in Tryggvason's death, and the splitting up of Norway between Sweden and Denmark.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468443#Europe", "title": "AD 999", "revid": 1364468443, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1000, "year_label": "1000 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In Scandinavia, Christianization was in its early stages, with the Althing of the Icelandic Commonwealth embracing Christianity in the year 1000. On September 9, the King of Norway, Olaf Tryggvason, was defeated by the Scandinavian kingdoms of Denmark and Sweden in the Battle of Svolder. Sweyn Forkbeard established Danish control over part of Norway. The city of Oslo was founded in Norway (the exact year is debatable, but the 1,000 year anniversary was held in the year 2000). It is known that in or around this year, Norse explorer Leif Erikson became the first European to land in the Americas, at L'Anse aux Meadows in modern-day Newfoundland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373370885#Christendom", "title": "AD 1000", "revid": 1373370885, "section": "Events › Christendom"}}, {"year": 1000, "year_label": "1000 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 9", "text": "September 9 – Olaf Tryggvason (or Olaf I), king of Norway", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373370885#Deaths", "title": "AD 1000", "revid": 1373370885, "section": "Deaths"}}]}