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Olaf II of Denmark (December 1370 – 3 August 1387) [2] [3] was King of Denmark as Olaf II (though occasionally referred to as Olaf III [4] [5]) from 1376 and King of Norway as Olav IV from 1380 until his death.
The son of King Erik the Victorious and Gunhild, the sister of Bolesław, the Christian king of Poland, Olaf opposed the development of a strong Norwegian state and joined Sweyn I Forkbeard, king of Denmark, and his allies in a victorious war against Norway in 999 or 1000.
Olaf IV Haakonsson (born 1370—died Aug. 3, 1387) was the king of Denmark (as Olaf III, 1376–87) and of Norway (1380–87). He was the son of Haakon VI and of Margaret (Margrete), daughter of Valdemar IV, king of Denmark.
Apr 23, 2021 · Unlike in Norway where the transition under the kings Olaf Tryggvason (aka Olaf I of Norway, r. 995-1000) and Olaf Haraldsson (aka Olaf II of Norway, r. 1015 to 1028) was more forceful, in Denmark, it ran more smoothly due to the more unified nature of the territory.
Olaf II Haraldsson (born c. 995—died July 29, 1030, Stiklestad, Norway; 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.
Mar 11, 2021 · A former Viking and mercenary named Olaf Haraldsson seized the throne of Norway around 1015, becoming King Olaf II. As monarch, he devoted himself to two main goals—increasing his crown authority and spreading Christianity to the jarls, chieftains and commoners who still practiced the region’s traditional religion.
Feb 17, 2023 · The False Olaf claimed to be King Olaf II of Denmark [End Page 1] and Norway, who had died at the age of seventeen in 1387. Similarly, the False Konradin in 1269 had impersonated King Konradin of Sicily and Jerusalem, dead at sixteen the previous year (Scales 2012, 237; Schreibmüller 1949).
May 17, 2018 · Olaf II Haroldsson (ca. 990-1030), also called St. Olaf, was king of Norway from 1015 to 1028. The first king of the whole of Norway, he organized its final conversion and its integration into Christian Europe.
Olaf II of Denmark (December 1370 – 3 August 1387) was King of Denmark as Olaf II (though occasionally referred to as Olaf III) from 1376 and King of Norway as Olav IV from 1380 until his death.
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.
