Óláfs saga helga
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Óláfs saga helga or the Saga of St. Olaf, written in several versions, is one of kings' sagas on the subject of King Olaf Haraldsson the Saint.
Olav den helliges saga Tittelfrise G. Munthe
Olaf Haraldsson
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Olaf Haraldsson, also called Saint Olaf, Olaf the Holy, Olaf II, and Olaf the Stout or "Large", was King of Norway from 1015 to 1028. Son of Harald Grenske, a petty king in Vestfold, Norway, he was po
Óláfs saga helga
…Óláfs saga helga or the Saga of St. Olaf, written in several versions, is one of kings' sagas (konunga sǫgur) on the subject of King Olaf Haraldsson the Saint. Oldest Saga of St. Olaf, ca. 1190, mostly lost…
Coin of Olaf dated 1023–1028
Saint Olaf of Norway, by Pius Welonsky (1893) in Sant'Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso, Rome
Saint Olav at the Battle of Stiklestad by 19th century artist Peter Nicolai Arbo
St. Olaf with his ax on a bishop's crozier, walrus ivory, Norway c. 1375–1400