HARALDSSON Olav

0995 - 1030  (~ 35 years)

• Name	HARALDSSON Olav
  Birth	0995	Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Jul 1030	Stiklestad, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
  Notes	Biography He is the son of Harald Grenske and Asta Guthbranddatter. He passed away in 1030. "He died in battle" Olaf II, also called St. Olaf (995-1030), king of Norway ( 1015-28). A Viking (full name Olaf Haraldsson), he was converted to Christianity in Rouen, Normandy, in the service of the exiled King Ethelred II of England. He returned to Norway in 1015 and, as a descendant of King Harold I, quickly won recognition, displacing the ruling earls. He introduced a strong central administration, completed the conversion of the Norwegians begun by Olaf I, and built churches throughout the land. Many local chieftains, alienated by Olaf's domineering ways, sided with Canute II, king of Denmark and England, when he invaded Norway in 1028; Olaf was compelled to take refuge with his brother-in-law, Grand Duke Yaroslav of Novgorod. Returning with a force to Norway in 1030, he was defeated by a peasant army and killed at the Battle of Stiklestad. Olaf was subsequently worshiped as Norway' s patron saint and was canonized in 1164. He was also revered throughout Scandinavia and in England, Germany, and the Baltic countries. His feast day is July 29. "Olaf II," Microsoft( R) Encarta( R) 98 Encyclopedia. (c) 1 993-19 97 Microsoft Corporation . All rights reserved. Notes The problem points (points of broken genealogy) in the medieval royal lineage in the so-called Fairhair dynasty are: whether either Olav I of Norway or Olav II of Norway descended from Harald I of Norway (Harald Fairhair) whether Harald III of Norway descended from Harald I whether Harald IV of Norway was son of King Magnus III of Norway whether King Sverre was son of King Sigurd II of Norway, whether Haakon IV of Norway was son of King Haakon III Each of them came from "nowhere" and won the kingdom, the three latter claiming to be hitherto unknown natural sons of an earlier king. KING OF NORWAY 1015 TO 1028 Saint Olav II Haraldsson, King of Norway b. 995, d. 1030 Saint Olav II Haraldsson, King of Norway was born in 995. He was the son of Harald Grenske, King of Westfold and Asta Gudbransdotter. He married Astrid (?), daughter of Olof Skötkonung, King of Sweden and Astrid (?), in 1019. He died in 1030, killed.1 He was also known as Alvhild. He succeeded to the title of King Olav II of Norway circa 1016.1 Child of Saint Olav II Haraldsson, King of Norway and Astrid (?) Wulfhild (?) d. 1071 Child of Saint Olav II Haraldsson, King of Norway Magnus I, King of Norway and Denmark+ b. 1024, d. 1047[1][2] Birth: ABT 0995 Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway Death: 29 JUL 1030 Stiklestad, Norway Burial: 03 AUG 1030 St. Clemens-Kirke, Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway Husband: Olaf II Haraldsson Wife: Alfhild UNKNOWN Child: Magnus I 'The Good' Olafsson Marriage: BET 01 FEB 1018 AND 1019 Sarpsborg, Ostfold, Norway Olav_der_Heilige Olav_fra_Austevold_kirke Stiklestad Bischofstab_Norwegen_1375-1400 King Olaf Sources Morby, John. Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 147. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_II_of_Norway Ancestry Family Trees https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/21525863/person/1474338860/facts https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/21525863/person/1511177429/facts https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/21525863/person/1652313025/facts https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/27418815/family Sweden Royalty on wikitree Medieval Lands - Index Footnotes ↑ Morby: page 147 ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p4290.htm#i42893
  Person ID	I59460	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	GUDRODSSON Harald Grenske,   b. Abt 0960, Scandinavia (Norway) d. 0995, Sweden (Age 35 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	GUDBRANDSDOTTER Ásta,   b. Abt 0978, Opplandene, Østlandet, Norge d. Abt 1025, Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway (Age 47 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F26409	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	OLAFSDOTTIR Astrid,   b. Abt 1005, Uppsala, Sweden d. 10 Feb 1050, Kyyiv, Kiev, Ukraine (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	1019
  Children	1. OLAFSDOTTIR Ulvhild,   b. Abt 1020, Borg, Sarpsborg, Østfold, Norge d. 24 May 1071, Lüneburg, Luneburg, Niedersachsen, Germany (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26405	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026