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unusual facts about Olaf II of Norway


Shooting an apple off one's child's head

One related story turns the motif on its head: after matching him in swimming and in other shooting contests, King Olaf of Norway converted Eindriði Pansa (the Splay-Footed) from heathenry by shooting at either a chess piece or a writing tablet on Eindriði's son's head.


Kongsvoll

King Øystein erected mountain stations along the route that pilgrims followed in visiting the shrine of St. Olav in Trondheim prior to the Reformation.

Ólafs ríma Haraldssonar

Ólafs ríma Haraldssonar is a 14th-century ríma by Einarr Gilsson on the career of Saint Óláfr Haraldsson of Norway.

Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Trondheim

In 1875, the church bought property at Stiklestad in the hopes of building a chapel there to commemorate the martyrdom of St. Olav at the Battle of Stiklestad in 1030.


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Battle at Herdaler

The Saga of Olaf Haraldson tells how Olav Haraldsson (Olaf II of Norway, also Saint Olaf), the King of Norway, plundered in Finland and was almost killed in the battle.