Olav Engelbrektsson
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Olav Engelbrektsson was the 28th Archbishop of Norway from 1523 to 1537, the Regent of Norway from 1533 to 1537, a member and later president of the Riksråd, and a member of the Norwegian nobility. He
Trondenes church. Trondenes was an important parish in North Norway long before the arrival of Olav Engelbrektsson's family.
Pope Clement VII
Steinvikholm Castle, outside of Trondheim, where Olav lived.
Nidaros Cathedral.
The Archdiocese of Nidaros was the metropolitan see covering Norway in the later Middle Ages. The see was the Nidaros Cathedral, in the city of Nidaros. The archdiocese existed from the middle of the
Olav Engelbrektsson
…Olav Engelbrektsson (c. 1480, Trondenes, Norway – 7 February 1538, Lier, Duchy of Brabant, Habsburg Netherlands) was the 28th Archbishop of Norway from 1523 to 1537, the Regent of Norway from 1533 to 1537, a member and later president of the Riksråd (Council of the Realm), and a member of the…
Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim, Norway
St.Eystein, the second Archbishop of Nidaros holding a model of the Nidaros Cathedral
Archbishop's Palace, Trondheim.