See also:

• OLAF
• OLAF (II.)
• OLAF, or ANLAF (d. 981)

OLAF (II.)  HARAt SS N (995–1030), See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king from 1016–1029, called during his lifetime " the See also:

• FAT (O.E. fdett; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vet, Ger. Fett, &c., and may be ultimately related to Greek Irian, and =apos, and Sanskrit pivan)

Fat," and afterwards known as St See also:

• OLAF
• OLAF (II.)
• OLAF, or ANLAF (d. 981)

Olaf, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 995, the See also:

• YEAR

year in which Olaf Tryggvesson came to See also:

• NORWAY
• NORWAY (Norge)

Norway . After some years' See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, fighting the Danes, he returned to Norway in ro15 and declared himself king, obtaining the support of the five See also:

• PETTY, SIR WILLIAM (1623-1687)

petty See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of the Uplands . In 1016 he defeated See also:

• EARL

Earl Sveyn, hitherto the virtual ruler of Norway, at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Nesje, and within a few years had won more See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power than had been enjoyed by any of his predecessors on the See also:

• THRONE

throne . He had annihilated the petty kings of the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South, had crushed the See also:

• ARISTOCRACY (Gr. apuvror, best; «paria, government)

aristocracy, enforced the See also:

• ACCEPTANCE (Lat. acceptare, frequentative form of accipere, to receive)

acceptance of See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity throughout the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom, asserted his See also:

• SUZERAINTY

suzerainty in the See also:

• ORKNEY, EARL OF
• ORKNEY, ELIZABETH HAMILTON, COUNTESS OF
• ORKNEY, GEORGE HAMILTON, EARL OF (1666–1737)

Orkney Islands, had humbled the king of See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden and married his daughter in his despite, and had conducted a successful See also:

• RAID

raid on See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark . But his success was See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short-lived, for in 1029 the See also:

• NORWEGIAN

Norwegian nobles, seething with discontent, rallied See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the invading Knelt the See also:

• GREAT

Great, and Olaf had to flee to See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia . On his return a year later he See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell at the battle of Stiklestad, where his own subjects were arrayed against him . The succeeding years of disunion and See also:

• MISRULE, LORD OF

misrule under the Danes explain the belated See also:

• AFFECTION (Lat. ad, and facere, to do something to, sc. a person)

affection with which his countrymen came to regard him . The cunning and See also:

• CRUELTY (through the O. Fr. crualte, mod. cruaute, from the Lat. crudelitas)

cruelty which marred his See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character were forgotten, and his services to his See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church and See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country remembered . Miracles were worked at his See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb, and in 1164 he was canonized and was declared the See also:

• PATRON

patron See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint of Norway, whence his fame spread throughout Scandinavia and even to England, where churches are dedicated to him . The Norwegian See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of See also:

• KNIGHTHOOD

knighthood of St Olaf was founded in 1847 by Oscar I., king of Sweden and Norway, in memory of this king . The three remaining Norwegian kings of this name are persons of See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor importance (see NORWAY: See also:

• HISTORY

History) .