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Christianisation

There should be some careful delineation between the Christianization efforts of Olaf I and Olaf II of Norway. The latter, perhaps wrongly, is often considered the first Norwegian persecutor of those who would not convert to Christianity. There is a brief mention of it in this article. There is also a drawing which references a persecuting practice that is not alluded to in the article text. I worry that someone with some knowledge of Olaf II added these items ignorant of the fact that Olaf I is not Saint Olav. — BozoTheScary 01:18, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

Please discuss the requested move to Olaf Tryggvason at Talk:Harald I of Norway. Angus McLellan (Talk) 17:50, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Closed as no consensus. —Wknight94 (talk) 19:22, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 09:23, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nickname

I have read elsewhere that Olaf's nickname was "Crowbone" (apparently due to using birds for divination). I don't see any mention of that here. Is this a myth? NevarMaor (talk) 00:51, 27 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relation to Ragnvald Olafsson

Was he first cousin to Ragnvald Olafsson, first chronicled prince of Polatsk (945 - 978)? If so its interesting fact to put in. Ref: [1] [2] Jaanusele (talk) 21:39, 27 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've never seen this in a reliable source. It can't go into an article on the basis of a genealogy website that gives no citation. Briangotts (Talk) (Contrib) 19:41, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cornwall

Thomas Hogg in The Fabulous History of the Ancient Kingdom of Cornwall, 1827, gives the final chapter to Olaf. His conversion on the Isles of Scilly and marriage to Gyda (sister and daughter of the kings of Dublin), but he gives Gyda as being the widow of the former King of Cornwall, Jarlus. When he marries Gyda he becomes king. Bodrugan (talk) 13:26, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The source is unreliable and outdated. I've never read of this anywhere else either. BodvarBjarki (talk) 11:45, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why no mention of the Battle of Maldon?

He was the leader at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Maldon right? Simanos (talk) 00:32, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Burislav/Burizleif, 'king of Wends'

While Boleslaw I the Valiant, king of Poland, might have been in part inspiration for Burislav mentioned in Scandinavian sources, it's fairly well established that he was raised christian, never ruled over Wends, neither of his wives was Scandinavian and he had no daughter named Geira. We need someone with access to critical editions of sagas and chronicles to review this article and attribute sources properly. 89.229.28.174 (talk) 01:27, 16 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And why not pick only one of the spelling variants for the article and its links? T 88.89.217.90 (talk) 06:47, 11 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"Fighting for Otto III" error needs to say "Otto II"

"Fighting for Otto III" article states that Otto III met Haraldr Bluetooth in Denmark with forces against the Danes. However, Bluetooth died in the year 986/987 while Otto III was born in 980, making Otto III 6 years old during the battle mentioned. Also, Otto III didn't become Holy Roman Empire until 996; but in 996, Olaf Tryggvason was in Norway Christianizing the populace there after having Haakon Jarl beheaded in 995. Otto II may have been the correct Holy Roman Empire to have led the forces against the Danes. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Bluetooth, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_III,_Holy_Roman_Emperor, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haakon_Sigurdsson, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_II#War_with_Denmark (talk) 8:02, 13 May 2014 (EST) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.246.154.136 (talk)

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