Harald Bluetooth
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Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson was a king of Denmark and Norway.
Harald being baptized by Poppo the monk, in a relief dated to c. 1200
The larger Jelling stone, erected by Harald
Olaf Tryggvason
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Olaf Tryggvason was King of Norway from 995 to 1000. He was the son of Tryggvi Olafsson, king of Viken, and, according to later sagas, the great-grandson of Harald Fairhair, first King of Norway. He i
Harald Bluetooth
…Reign c. 958 – c. 986 Predecessor Gorm the Old Successor Swein Forkbeard King of Norway Reign c. 970 – c. 985/986 Predecessor Harald Greycloak Successor Olaf Tryggvason Regent Haakon Sigurdsson (de facto ruler) Died 985/986 Jomsborg Spouses Tófa Issue Detail Tyra Swein Forkbeard Haakon House Gorm Father Gorm the Old…
Only known type of coin of Olaf Tryggvason, in four known specimens. Imitation of the Crux-type coin of Æthelred the Unready.
Gunnhild tells Jarl Haakon to search for the child of Tryggve.
Olaf travelling to queen Geira.
Olav Tryggvason arrives in Norway.