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
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.
Harald Bluetooth
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Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson was a king of Denmark and Norway.
Olaf Tryggvason
…and Wends to fight the Norse pagan Danes. Olaf was part of this army because his father-in-law was king of Wendland. Otto's army met the armies of King Harald Bluetooth and Haakon Jarl, the ruler of Norway under the Danish king, at Danevirke, a great wall near Schleswig. Otto's army was unable to break the fortification…
Harald being baptized by Poppo the monk, in a relief dated to c. 1200
The larger Jelling stone, erected by Harald