The Abbey of St Olav in Tønsberg
Archaeological remains
The Abbey of St Olaf, the Viking saint, in Tønsberg. The photographs show the remains of the church attached to the abbey, and a bronze model of it. The church is circular, being the only round church in Vestfold.
RDale
RDale
RDale
10/09/2016
RDale
RDale
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Olav%27s_Abbey,_T%C3%B8nsberg
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No linguistic content
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2457
Medieval, Norway, Norge, Tonsberg, Middelalder, Tønsberg
St Olavs gate, Oslo
Street Names
St Olavs gate (St Olav's Road) in Oslo is named for Olav Haraldsson who died at the battle of Stiklestad in 1030. He is largely credited with converting Norway to Christianity, although somewhat brutally. This process was ostensibly begun by Olav Tryggvason some decades earlier.
RDale
RDale
RDale
12/09/2016
RDale
RDale
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Norwegian
Norsk
StillImage
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/2264
Modern, Norway, Norge, Oslo
Bust of St Olaf in Lindisfarne's St Mary's Church
Photograph
A bust of St Olaf was gifted to St Mary's Church, Lindisfarne by the Parish of Nidaros Cathedral.
Nik Gunn
Nik Gunn
Nik Gunn
29/07/2016
Nik Gunn
Nik Gunn
http://www.stmarysholyisland.org.uk/
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English
StillImage
http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/1005
Modern, Lindisfarne, England
Blog: St Olaf in England
Blog
Eleanor Parker writes about the English perspective on St Olaf in the medieval period.
Eleanor Parker
http://aclerkofoxford.blogspot.ie/
Eleanor Parker
29/07/2014
Administrator
Eleanor Parker
Hyperlink
English
Old English
Hyperlink
http://aclerkofoxford.blogspot.ie/2014/07/st-olaf-in-england.html
Viking Age, Medieval, England
Blog: For the Archbishop's Sins - a healing miracle of St Olaf concerning Archbishop Eystein Erlendsson
Blog
A blog post about a miracle aassociated with St Olaf
Steffen Hope
http://my-albion.blogspot.ie/
Steffen Hope
26/01/2015
Administrator
Steffen Hope
http://my-albion.blogspot.ie/
Hyperlink
English
Hyperlink
http://my-albion.blogspot.ie/2015/01/for-archbishops-sins-healing-miracle-of.html
Medieval, Norway, Middelalder, Norge
Blog: The Day of St Olaf
Blog
A blog post about an immigrant's first experience of St Olaf's Day in Norway
Sarah
https://anewlifeinnorway.wordpress.com/
Sarah
01/08/2012
Adminstrator
Sarah
https://anewlifeinnorway.wordpress.com/
Hyperlink
English
Hyperlink
https://anewlifeinnorway.wordpress.com/2012/08/01/29th-july-the-day-of-st-olaf/
Modern, Norway
Lux illuxit laetabunda
Music
Lux illuxit is a Gregorian chant from the 12th century. It is taken from the Office of St Olav and is thought to have been composed by Eystein Erlendsson.
2mp15
http://YouTube.com
2mp15<br />published via YouTube.com
09/10/2011
Elise Aasen
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms">Standard YouTube License</a>
https://www.youtube.com/
http://www.folkmusik.is/en/page/lux-illuxit/
Youtube video
Latin
MovingImage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e1HrT-1SGU
Medieval, Modern
Thorir Hund
Biography
An article about Thorir Hund, who opposed Olaf Haraldsson at Stiklestad in 1030.
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
29/07/2016
Administrator
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/
Hyperlink
English
Hyperlink
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorir_Hund
Viking Age, Stiklestad, Norway
Erfidrápa Óláfs helga (‘Memorial drápa for Óláfr inn helgi (S. Óláfr)’)
Poetry
This memorial poem for St Olaf was composed by Sigvatr Þórðarson. The hyperlink takes you to the Skaldic Poetry project where the text is available in Old Norse and in English.
Judith Jesch
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/skaldic/db.php?if=default&table=home
Skaldic Project Academic Body
29/07/2016
Administrator
Skaldic Project Academic Body
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/skaldic/db.php?if=default&table=home
Hyperlink
English
Old Norse
Hyperlink
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/skaldic/db.php?id=1353&if=default&table=text&val=edition
Medieval, Viking Age
The fall of Olaf II at Stiklestad
Painting
A painting of the fall of Olaf Haraldsson at Stiklestad in 1030. Thorir hund stabs him with a spear.
Peter Nicolai Arbo
Wikimedia Commons
Wikimedia Commons
1859
Administrator
Peter Nicolai Arbo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/
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StillImage
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Stiklestad.jpeg
Modern
The farmer's army at Stiklestad, 1030
Illustration
Halfdan Egedius: Illustration for Olav den helliges saga. Snorre 1899-edition.
Book: Snorre Sturlason - Heimskringla, J.M. Stenersen & Co, 1899.
Halfdan Egedius
Wikimedia Commons
Wikimedia Commons
1899
Administrator
Halfdan Egedius [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org
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No linguistic content
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Olav_den_helliges_saga_-_Bondehaeren_-_H._Egedius.jpg
Stiklestad, Norway, Norge
Sven Nordin as Olaf II at Stiklestad
Photograph
Sven Nordin as Olaf II in The Saint Olav Drama at Stiklestad, Norway
Stiklestad Nasjonale Kultursenter
Wikimedia Commons
Stiklestad Nasjonale Kultursenter
09/02/2009
Administrator
By no:Stiklestad Nasjonale Kultursenter (no:Stiklestad Nasjonale Kultursenter) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
http://stiklestad.no/
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No linguistic content
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Sven_Nordin_som_konge_i_spelet_2009.jpg
Modern, Norway, Norge, Stiklestad
Anders Baasmo Christensen as Olaf
Photograph
Anders Baasmo Christensen as King Olav in the 2003 production of The Saint Olav Drama.
Stiklestad Nasjonale Kultursenter
Leif Arne Holm
Stiklestad Nasjonale Kultursenter
Stiklestad Nasjonale Kultursenter
27/07/2015
Administrator
By no:Stiklestad Nasjonale Kultursenter (no:Stiklestad Nasjonale Kultursenter) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
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No linguistic content
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Anders_Baasmo_Christensen_som_konge_i_spelet_2003.jpg
Modern, Stiklestad, Norway, Norge
Blog: St Olaf - our other saint
Blog
A blog post about St Olaf and discussion of which church may have given Kirkwall its name.
University of the Highlands and Islands
University of the Highlands and Islands
University of the Highlands and Islands
29/07/2016
Administrator
University of the Highlands and Islands
https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/
Hyperlink
English
Hyperlink
https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-enterprise/cultural/centre-for-nordic-studies/mimirs-well-articles/st-olaf-our-other-saint
Viking Age, Orkney, Kirkwall
St Olaf of Norway
Biography--11th century
St Olaf of Norway, patron saint of carvers, difficult marriages, kings, the Faroe Islands and Norway. The article provides a biography of St Olaf.
Catholic Online
Catholic Online
Catholic Online
29/07/2016
Administrator
Catholic Online
Hyperlink
English
Hyperlink
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=4899
Viking Age, Norway
Heimskringla Volume II Óláfr Haraldsson (The Saint) translated by Alison Finlay and Anthony Faulkes
Sagas
A modern translation of St Olaf's saga available as a freely downloadable pdf from the Viking Society for Northern Research
Alison Finlay
Anthony Faulkes
http://vsnrweb-publications.org.uk/
Viking Society for Northern Research
2014
Administrator
Viking Society
http://vsnrweb-publications.org.uk/
pdf
English
Hyperlink
http://vsnrweb-publications.org.uk/Heimskringla%20II.pdf
Viking Age, Medieval
The Saga of Olaf Haraldson translated by Samuel Laing
Sagas
This item links to Laing's translation of St Olaf's saga. It is an old translation. The translator has been quite free in interpreting the Old Norse text.
Samuel Laing
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Heimskringla/
Wikisource
27/07/2016
Administrator
Public Domain
https://en.wikisource.org/
Hyperlink
English
Hyperlink
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Heimskringla/Saga_of_Olaf_Haraldson/Part_I
Viking Age, Medieval
St Olav's Viking Walk
Magazine article
An annual walk in north-west England to commemorate the Viking heritage of the area and the life of Norway's patron saint. The link takes you to the article about it in The Norseman magazine
Steve Harding
Dan Robinson
The Norseman
Nordmanns-Forbundet
2009
Administrator
The Norseman
pdf
English
Text
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve/TheNorseman_Jan09.pdf
Modern, England, The Wirral
Plaque indicating location of St Olaf's Kirk in Kirkwall
Plaques
This plaque in Orkney indicates the location of St Olaf's Kirk in Kirkwall, from which Kirkwall may derive it's name.
The Orkney Project
http://www.orkneyproject.org/
The Orkney Project / University of Oxford
2013
The Orkney Project
(c) The Orkney Project / University of Oxford
http://www.orkneyproject.org/
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English
Still Image
Orkney
Scotland
Modern
Replica of an Altar Frontal with Scenes from Óláfs saga helga
Artwork
Altar frontal illustrated with scenes from Óláfs saga helga, written in 1320-30 about the Norwegian King St. Olaf, (1015 to 1028). The altar resides in the replica stave church in Heimaey, which was a gift from the Norwegian state. It was erected in the year 2000 to commemorate 1000 years of Christianity in Iceland. The information board describes the church as a detailed replica of the Holtdalen Stave Church built in 1170, and now in a museum in Trondheim, Norway.
World-Tree Project
2016
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Public Domain Image
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Still Image
Iceland
Westman Islands