Dressed in armour, watching his fleet fall to his Danish rival, King Olaf I Tryggvason of Norway threw himself into the sea, sinking to his death and denying his enemies the pleasure […]
Sweyn Forkbeard, Olaf Tryggvason, and the Kingship of Norway
Viking Identity & Christianity – The Performed Violence of Olaf Tryggvason
Olaf I Tryggvason took the throne of Norway in 995, reigning for a brief but eventful five years. Though Olaf had been a pagan Viking raider, by the time he took the […]
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