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Olaf Tryggvason

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Olaf the Traitor
Anly kent teep o cunyie o Olaf the Traitor, in fower kent specimens. Imitation o the Crux-teep cunyie o Æthelred the Unready.[1]
Keeng o Norawa
Ring995 – 1000
PredecessorSweyn Forkbeard
SuccessorSweyn Forkbeard
Born960s
Norawa
Dee'd9 September 1000
Svolder, Norawa
SpouseGeira o Wendland
Gyda of Dublin
Gudrun Skeggesdatter
Tyra o Denmark
IssueTryggvi the Pretender (possibly)
FaitherTryggve Olafsson
MitherAstrid Eiriksdatter

Olaf Trygvasson (960s – 9 September 1000) wis Keeng o Norawa frae 995 tae 1000. He wis the son o Tryggvi Olafsson, king o Viken (Vingulmark, an Rånrike), an, accordin tae later sagas, the great-grandson o Harald Fairhair, first King o Norawa.

  1. Skaare, Kolbjørn (1995). Norges mynthistorie. Universitetsforlaget. pp. 38-41.