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3 unusual facts about Tower of St. Olav


Tower of St. Olav

During this reconstruction Vyborg сastle took the general form that it has retained to this day, but Horn did not have time to finish the defensive works and Tower of St. Olav was finally reconstructed by his son, Eric XIV.

They cannot, however, conclude with confidence whether or not a foundry works was present.

Over an entry gate, by order of the king, were placed the arms «three crowns»; in the tower were placed artillery of large calibre; and in a cellar was installed a warehouse for kernels.


Alette Engelhart

She was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1955.

Arne Solli

In 1995 he was awarded the title of Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.

Bernt Ivar Eidsvig

After completing licentiate studies at Heythrop College in London, Mr Eidsvig was ordained as a diocesan priest of Oslo Catholic Diocese of St. Olav's Cathedral in Oslo on June 20th, 1982 by the then Catholic Bishop of Oslo, John Willem Gran.

Bjørn Simensen

On 3 December 2007, Simensen was appointed Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.

Carl Bock

He was a member of Videnskapsselskapet i Kristiania (now Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters) and was a knight, first class of the Order of St. Olav.

Carl Johan Michelet

Michelet was awarded a number of honours, including the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav in 1901.

Christian Friele

Friele was twice in his life offered a knighthood of the Order of St. Olav; he rejected both offers.

Firmly believing that orders of merit would compromise his integrity as editor, he twice declined the offer of being rewarded the Order of St. Olav.

Christian Thams

Thams received various honors including Gold medal for Norway's pavilion at the Exposition Universelle (1889), Knight First Class Order of St. Olav, Knight in the Swedish Order of the Polar Star and Knight of the French Legion of Honour.

Earl S. Hoag

His foreign decorations include the British Honorary Companion, Most Excellent Order of the Bath; the Norwegian Order of St. Olav, Commander with Star; the Chinese Special Collar Order of Yun-Hui, and the French Legion of Honor, Chevalier, and Croix de Guerre with Palm.

Eilif W. Paulson

He was educated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim and was appointed Knight of the Order of St. Olav in 1958.

Ellen Horn

On that occasion, she was appointed Commander of the Order of St. Olav.

Erling Steen

Steen was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav (1947) and a Knight of the Order of the Crown, the Order of the Dannebrog, the Legion of Honour and the Order of the Polar Star.

Eyvind Hellstrøm

In 2007 Hellstrøm was awarded the Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.

Folke Hauger Johannessen

Hauger Johannessen was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav in 1972.

Fredrik Bull-Hansen

Bull-Hansen was decorated Commander with Star of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1984.

Hans Jørgen Darre-Jenssen

He received a Red Cross honorary medal, and was decorated as a Commander with Star of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav and a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog, the Order of the Polar Star and the Order of the White Rose of Finland.

Helge Jordal

Helge Jordal (born 17 February 1946 in Bergen, Norway) is an Norwegian actor, appointed a Knight of the Royal Order of St. Olav in 2006 for his long career as an actor on both screen and stage, and his position as a "grand old man" among Norwegian actors.

Royal Order of St. Olav 2006 for his long career as an actor on both screen and stage

Henki Kolstad

Among the awards he received during his career was an honorary Amanda in 1990, and Commander of the Order of St. Olav.

Hjalmar Inge Sunde

Sunde has been decorated with the National Service Medal with three stars, Defence Service Medal with 2 stars, the Defence Service Medal with Laurel Branch and appointed a Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.

Inge Johansen

Johansen was decorated in 1981 as a Commander of the Order of St. Olav for his work in technical research and education in Norway.

Johannes Eide

On December 14, 2006, Eide was awarded the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav for his work to preserve the Norwegian ship building and coastal history and culture, and for his work with the local environment and culture.

Karen-Christine Friele

In 2000 Friele was appointed a Knight 1st Class of the Order of St. Olav.

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.

Lars Walløe

2005 – Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, Commander (Den Kongelige Norske St. Olavs Orden, Kommandør).

Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee

Chief executive Henrik Andenæs and vice chief executive Petter Rønningen were both decorated as Knights, First Class of the Order of St. Olav for their efforts in LOOC; Heiberg was decorated as Commander.

N. Chr. Nielsen

He was decorated with the King's Medal of Merit, the Order of St. Olav (Knight, First Class) and several foreign orders.

Nidaros Cathedral Boys' Choir

But when planning the 900th anniversary of the death of St. Olav, chaplain Arne Fjellbu, later to become bishop, took the initiative to establish a new boys' choir in Trondheim.

Odd Gleditsch, Sr.

In 1965 he was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.

Otto Vincent Lange

Otto Vincent Lange was proclaimed Knight of the Order of St. Olav 1847, promoted to Commander in 1857, and in 1863 was awarded the Grand Cross in 1863.

Ødegården Verk

Tellef Dahll was known for his work in geological surveying and standing as Stortinget member for Bratsberg (now Telemark), and he was later made a knight in both the Order of St. Olav and the Order of the Polar Star.

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.

St. Olav's Medal With Oak Branch

Olav's Medal with Oak Branch is a Norwegian military award, which was instituted by King Haakon VII of Norway on 6 February 1942.

Wanda Hjort Heger

In 1985, both Wanda and Bjørn Heger were awarded the Order of St. Olav for their humanitarian war-time efforts.


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