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Olaf II Of Norway
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Ringerike Municipality |
Norway | |
Died | Stiklestad |
Norway | |
Spouse | Astrid Olofsdotter of Sweden |
Children | Magnus the Good |
Wulfhild of Norway | |
Full name | Olaf II Haraldsson |
Nationality | Norwegian |
Place of burial | Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim, Norway |
Date of died | July 29,1030 |
Siblings | Harald III of Norway |
Halfdan Sigurdsson | |
Parents | Harald Grenske |
Åsta Gudbrandsdatter | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 482359 |
Olaf II Of Norway Life story
Olaf II Haraldsson, later known as Saint Olaf, 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 and canonised at Nidaros by Bishop Grimkell, one year after his death in the Battle of Stiklestad on 29 July 1030.