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Olaf Haraldsson

King of Norway from 1015 to 1028

8 dated entries naming Olaf Haraldsson, drawn from 7 separate years between 995 CE and 1164 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Olaf II of Norway in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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10th century

  • 995Olaf II Haraldsson (St. Olaf), king of Norway (d. 1030)source

11th century

  • 1008Olaf Haraldsson, future king of Norway, makes raids in the Baltic Sea. He lands on the Estonian island of Saaremaa, wins a battle there, and forces the inhabitants to pay tribute.source
  • 1015Olaf Haraldsson declares himself King of Norway.source
  • 1016March 25 – Battle of Nesjar (off the coast of Norway): Olaf Haraldsson is victorious over former co-regent Sweyn Haakonsson, confirming his status as king of Norway.source
  • 1028Cnut the Great sails from England to Norway with a fleet of 50 ships. He defeats Olaf Haraldsson and is crowned king of Norway. Cnut becomes the sole ruler of England, Denmark and part of Sweden (known as the Danish North Sea Empire).source
  • 1030July 29 – Battle of Stiklestad: King Olaf II Haraldsson (St. Olaf) attempts to reconquer Norway with help from King Anund Jakob of Sweden. He is defeated by a superior Norwegian peasant and Danish army (14,000 men). Olaf is killed in the battle. He is later canonized and becomes the patron saint of Norway and Rex perpetuum Norvegiae ('the eternal king of Norway').source
  • 1030July 29 – Olaf II Haraldsson (St. Olaf), king of Norwaysource

12th century

  • 1164King Olaf II of Norway is canonized as Saint Olaf by Alexander III, making him a universally recognised saint of the Catholic Church.source

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