Munkholmen
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Munkholmen is an islet in Trondheim Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The 13,000-square-metre island sits in the Trondheimsfjord about 1.3 kilometres northwest of the island of Brattøra and th
Islote Munkholmen, Trondheim, Noruega, 2019 09 06, DD 13
The courtyard
Inside the round tower
Commander of the residence at Munkholmen
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
Munkholmen
…Today, Munkholmen is a popular tourist attraction and recreation site. In the years prior to the founding of the city of Trondheim in 997 by King Olav Tryggvason, Munkholmen had been used as an execution site by the Jarls of Lade. The arrival of Olav Tryggvason to Norway in 995 coincided with a revolt against…
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.