Look up: Olaf

1. Olaf
   king of Sweden ( 980–1022) whose apparent efforts to impose Christianity were frustrated by the leading non-Christian Swedish chieftains.[1 related articles]
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2. Olaf
   Olaf is a Danish boy name. The meaning of the name is `Heir` Where is it used? The name Olaf is mainly used In Scandinavian.It is an abbreviated form of Olli, used In Finnish.How do they say it elsewhere? Olle ( In Swedish) Olov ( In Swedish) Olof ( In Swedish) Oluf ( In Swedish) Amhlaidh ( In Sco...
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3. Olaf
   (I) King of Norway from 995. He began the conversion of Norway to Christianity and was killed in a sea battle against the Danes and Swedes
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4. Olaf
   (II) King of Norway from 1015. He offended his subjects by his centralizing policy and zeal for Christianity, and was killed in battle by Norwegian rebel chiefs backed by Canute of Denmark. He was declared the patron saint of Norway in 1164
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5. Olaf
   (II) `Olaf Haraldsen` (died ) was a Danish anti-king who ruled Scania for a few years from 1139. He never won control over the rest of Denmark, and he is not included in the list of Danish monarchs used by the Danish monarchy or Den Store Danske Encyklopædi. He is sometimes called "Ol...
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