Olaf Tryggvason: King of Norway 995-1000

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[@fnorgen]

I wonder which historical figure had the most metal name. Erik Bloodaxe must rank pretty high on the list.

[@bertieschitz-peas429]

fnorgen, Olaf Tryggvason had the by-name Crowbone which sounds cool if not fearsome.

[@madmarx9539]

Bertie B is that due to his religious beliefs? Awesome name, hadn't heard it before 👍

[@bertieschitz-peas429]

There is a book by Robert Low with the name, young Tryggvason was living the life of a thrall and using the name to hide his true i.d

[@mukhumor]

@Bertie B... Good one. Olaf the white, Magnus barelegs, Ivar the boneless, Sigurd snake in the eye, Harald war tooth, Bjorn ironside, better than Charles the fat and Aethelred the clueless.

[@andreasnielsen1418]

Valdemar The victorious

[@HeroHoundoom]

The Viking age to me was definitely one the most interesting periods in Europe. If you haven't done a video on King Cnut already, I would really suggest him.

[@HistoryTime]

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[@houstoneverhart886]

His life was more exciting and adventurous than most people's combined

[@Artur_M.]

It gets even better if you include the rumors of his survival. He supposedly became a pilgrim and was sighted in Rome and even Jerusalem. It's not very likely to be true, but still a cool story.

[@aksbeixhev]

Yeah, marrying princesses everywhere he went :)

[@winglessfairy564]

Let’s keep in mind that our current systems keep us from doing things such as he did. To establish a much more safer, less bloody way of life

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[@nuclearnadal9385]

Oh I love this. The quality is superb! I don't know if you think it's relevant or if anyone has said this before in the comments below but while Trondheim is the name of the city today, it was called Nidaros at the time. Named after the river Nid or Nidelva as we locals call it. With that being said I thoroughly enjoyed every bit of this and I can't wait to watch the rest of your videos!

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[@DedicatedSpartan]

This is one of my favorite battles, Maldon.

[@Warpwaffel]

6:31 That red line is the modern border. The Danewerk is farther south, near Schleswig.

[@TheSamuraijim87]

Amazing video for one of Scandinavia's most controversial figures. But the only thing I would say should be reconsidered, is that I'm not certain that it would be accurate to say Sweyn was not Christian by faith. While he had been forced into it by Otto, he afterward did not renounce his forced conversion, and continued building churches, and importing English clergy to strengthen royal authority against the German Church. This was the typical strategy for kings after the time of conversion, because allowing German bishops from Hamberg-Bremen to increase in strength was seen as risking German Imperial interference north of the Danvirke. Just my two cents.

[@mkjamison1]

TheSamuraijim87 where are you getting your source for Swen Forkbeard being Christian? The main reason Adam of Bremen demonized and most likely said many fictitious accusations about Sweyn is because of his lack of Christianity. He ruled Denmark just like his grandfather Gorm. He did allow Christianity just like Rollo did in Normandy but both clung to the their old Norse religion ways.

[@daginn896]

@@mkjamison1 No, Forkbeard was a christian, and all the sources agree upon that. So does modern historians.

[@teutonicwarrior5295]

Sweyn is a Christian, but wished to have authority over the Church in Danish Land instead of the Germans. Which is okay, there is nothing wrong with that. And it seems that he is okay with Pagans, as long as they are loyal to him

[@TheSamuraijim87]

@@teutonicwarrior5295 yeah, that was pretty much the whole struggle of the North Sea Empire, to reclaim the church from the Germans.

[@teutonicwarrior5295]

@@TheSamuraijim87 Precisely. The Holy Roman Empire was too powerful compared to a Divided Scandinavia, and it was difficult to challenge the Germans using the Church to abide their interest. The Scandinavian wanted to free themselves from the German influence in their Kingdom and Church. There is nothing wrong with what Sweyn and other Scandinavian did to resist German influence on their Church, it is their Church

[@toddbonin6926]

This is wonderful. Is there a place to purchase Viking art? Also, do you know of s chart that explains the family trees of these Viking leaders? Thank you!

[@Luredreier]

1:05 The map is somewhat inaccurate regarding the location of Trondheim. The dot marking Trondheim is a bit too far west compared to where the city actually is located (and also where it was located in the past). Also, back then it was named Nidaros ("os" meaning the mouth of a river and the rivers name being "Nid") if I don't remember wrong. The city has shifted between Nidaros and Trondheim/Trondhjem a few times now. 9:02 The error is especially clear there. The city is located on the part sticking out into the fjord not to the left of the fjord like that.

[@worldpeac3]

I’m a relative to Olaf Tryggvason and other viking kings. Found out through a cousin who learned about our family tree, we are related to multiple kings and queens of Norway. Also a relative to a viking nicknamed “Blackhearted” although spacing on his birth name. I was curious of Olaf’s life and came across this video, thank you for putting the time to research and make this video!

[@worldpeac3]

Also i have always had a fear of sinking in a boat and/or drowning which is quite interesting to hear that’s how he passed.

[@LivBD]

How can you possibly trace your ancestry that far back? I don't believe it.

[@ChodeMaster]

No har æ hørt alt, en mexikaner som trur han e en vikingslæktning 😂

[@ItsSota]

You can in Norway, due to Christianity. They started with church books regestering citizens. You can trace your family history at least 1000 years back if you are full blood norwegian.

[@LivBD]

@@ItsSota The problem is that many churchbooks have been lost mainly due to churches that have burnt down. Struck by lightening or because of the many candles that were used. On both sides of my family there have been people trying to study our ancestry but because of missing churchbooks they have only gotten a few hundred years back. Norwegian churches used to be made of wood you know. In Iceland they built their churches of stone so there they can trace their ancestry back a thousand years. According to Icelanders I have known. I am almost full blood Norwegian, except from a Swede from Dalarna. That I never heard about before. According to "MyHeritage".

[@Dallascowboy666]

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[@arthurfrayn2652]

10:36 By far the best Angus McBride illustration..

[@caseyjoyce8950]

pretty insane how allegiances and borders change so quick in this period of time

[@daginn896]

"Artic sea" lol, good one mate :)

[@nickvandenberg5894]

Am i the only one who gets hyped if you get a notification from History Time ?

[@HistoryTime]

I'm hyped that you get hyped..

[@GiderTheGreat]

Jarl Håkon was a Pagan, he cut all ties with Harald Bluetooth and outlawed christianity in Norway. He let himself be baptized after Harald had gotten himself captured to save his life then proceeded to banish all the priests who had come to Norway

[@eriontufa]

Glad to see Mr. Forkbeard unite the northern kingdoms!

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[@hugoulbrea]

"haughty queen of Sweden" was sister of prince of Poland - Bolesław, her slavic name is Świętosława (in Sweden: Sygryda Storråda)

[@KegManplays]

As a man from north Essex and having grown up not at all far from Maldon. It's Maul-don. Please. Great video as per outside of the pronunciation there. Keep it up!

[@HistoryTime]

Yeah, totally butchered that one. Sorry about that.

[@KegManplays]

Maqsood Dinajihad I mean it's completely unnecessary but you do you man. All I did was point out a pronunciation error and then congratulated the guy on yet another great video. But like I said, you do you.

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@@HistoryTime It s Ok Dude

[@itdusmani888]

The vikings book by Robert Leighton is a great book explaining olaf people can read it

[@armychowmein8021]

if you get a chance, can you please do a video on Arwa al Sulayhi, the Little Queen of Sheba?

[@HistoryTime]

Nice idea!!

[@Artur_M.]

Burislav is believed to be a combination of the first two Polish rulers: Mieszko I and his son Bolesław the Brave. The chronology would suggest, that Olaf's first father-in-law was Mieszko. Unless Burislav was actually some unknown pomeranian leader, probably also named Bolesław, which was a popular West Slavic name.

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Nice input!! Thanks very much.. I'm going to be covering the early Polish rulers in a series in the not too distant future.

[@Artur_M.]

Thanks, that is very nice to hear!

[@michaelmitchell7]

When? its been 9 months...@@HistoryTime

[@ew-uy6cs]

Olof of Sweden betrayed Olov. The royal going from prince to slave to king again only to throw himself into the icecold waters of the Fjords. Betrayed by the swedes that wanted to assist Olov their king chose to kill him. When the swedes really wanted to restablish control over Kievan Rus like before Rurik with Olovs help. It is just how sad my country Sweden betrayed Olov in his time of need against the danes.

[@hoegild1]

Oh no, there is a lot of mistakes and misunderstandings in this video... For example, no one knows where Svold is- its suggested location near Rugen is pure guesswork. And second the Baltics is NOT arctic! It is actually quite pleasant (I bathe in it each year) and no Viking fleet would dream of fighting a sea battle in the winter!

[@playpro2360]

I watched this video cuz my name is Olaf

[@steelstanding8005]

He christend the area called Viken during the summer of 997 i belive, he invited all the Hovgoder or priests of the old faith in the area, poured them drunk at a big feast, then cløsing the building from outside and burned them alive.

[@jagvillani338]

The saga about Olaf Tryggvason is preserved in the Faroese traditional oral and dance ballad Ormurin langi, here is one version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKXWkKlvotapack

[@davidnattestad7627]

He also made sure that Sigmund Brestisson was converted and went on to bring christianity to the Faroe Islands

[@islaadams3007]

Love the video but get so distracted by the weird pronunciations of the Scandinavian nouns

[@denisestevens2540]

His daughter married Yaroslav the Wise their Daughter married Henry I King of Eance. Anne was amazing. My GGP

[@sarahnorton3349]

There are some superficial comments here about 'barbaric Christianity' etc., Olaf I was rough, yes. But as his pagan enemies he 'let his sword - or his favourite weapon; the long axe - do the talking. But it was 'kill or be killed' for the rulers then. When the second Olaf - Olaf II became king, he made laws to give everyone - high and low - one day of rest per week. Under pagan rule - there was work every day and no such days off. Also Olaf II started abolishing slavery. Slave owners had to set one slave ('thrall') free per year. Under pagan rulers - no such law or practice. Slavery was the order of the day under pagan rule. The watershed in Norway came in A.D. 1024 at the 'Thing' ("National assembly for free men') where Olaf II had the new laws presented and accepted. And who backed him up the most ? His English "chief bishop" - Grimkjel. (Sources: Heimskringla, Flatøybok ('Flateybok') vol. III in Norwegian translation + Morten Myklebust's book : 'Olaf - Viking and saint' (Fantasi-Fabrikken 1997).,

[@Lyraorganum]

People prefer the pagans because of its more authentic, but Both Tryggvason and Olav den hellige are proper national symbols in Norway.

[@rohitrai6187]

Is he the Saint Olaf of Norway?

[@HistoryTime]

Not quite, that's Olaf Haraldsson, a slightly later king, video on him coming next week.

[@ConstantineJoseph]

Why do the Anglo Saxon always do last stands.

[@madmarx9539]

Constantine Joseph your comment made me think of Ace of Spades (Motorhead) 😁

[@ACruelPicture]

Olaf Tryggvasson: Hvat brast þar svá hátt? Einar: Noregr or hendi þér, konungr!

[@snorrigylfason9747]

Ólafur Tryggvason is best know in Iceland for force christinist Iceland

[@benjonesthe3rd200]

Harold Blu-Tooth

[@lockednloadedtotalwargamin4896]

Bit historically incorrect indeed the Holy Roman Empire did try to invade the Norse but they was beaten and sent back to where there came from

[@cactusjack8009]

I could say great like a million times. Olaf was my great grandfather

[@IAmWos]

Yo dawg we related

[@joshpittman7176]

@@IAmWos We related too

[@torsteinmyhre462]

Mistake at 4:00. Viken is pronounced with a long 'I' as in *weaken*. It's not pronounced *wiccan*.

[@adamnordskog1231]

“Lihtān” Angry Leather

[@VRCM_Skywarn_XUSA]

Supposedly descended from these people. Olaf. Olsen. Oleifer/Oliver. Lief. Ollie.

[@Darkelfin1]

The historical facts are crude, but true. BUT THE MAPS ??? What on earth possessed you ??

[@RexOlafusVidulusMagnus]

Says: Wendland, in the modern day baltic states Map: Wendland - in pomerania & prussia, modern day POLAND Seems legit (lol not)

[@nilfgaardian2937]

That guy's name is Bluetooth lol

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I only speak Ukrainian. I am using google translator. Therefore, please excuse me if the translation is bad! I am from Western Ukraine. I am a nurse and I save lives. I live now in Germany. I need a lawyer to file, with other disabled citizens of Ukraine, a lawsuit against Norway. My husband, a Ukrainian (oil worker, human rights activist) became disabled as a result of his defense of the rights of other people (Norwegian and Russian media for 9 years). My husband fought corruption in the Russian oil giant, which was headed by the founder of the 6th Directorate of the FSB and the ex-Chancellor of Germany. My husband defended the rights of disabled people and Ukrainians in Norway against Russian-speaking citizens of this NATO country. The Norwegians took my disabled husband to Moscow AFTER: anti-war pickets of my husband in the Russian Federation, his defense of the rights of Ukrainians in Norway, the issuance of documents to my husband by the Norwegian Red Cross for his close relatives (Polish servicemen repressed by the Russians), sentencing his defender to prison (in married to a citizen of Finland for 25 years) in Belarus, who reported the crime of the Norwegians against the Ukrainians and was recognized as a Political prisoner. My husband and his lawyer warned the Norwegians about the coming war, but they did not believe him. The husband was kidnapped and the war began. And after the war began, the Norwegians do NOT admit their mistakes! Unlike the Swedes, the Norwegians DO NOT LIKE to admit their mistakes even when the Chechen refugees deported by the Norwegians were killed in the Russian Federation (Norwegian media).....SS....ZZ

[@humo89]

Truly sad to see what the barbaric religion of Christianity did to the Norse. Olaf the fool.

[@MrEpic325]

this was the norm back then. Tryggvason was no worse than Eirik Bloodaxe and other pagans, or even other Christians. the medieval world was a brutal one, and everyone was on the same page. Pre-christian raiders would slaughter un armed civilians and priests, Christians like Charlemange would starve out entire cities in sieges. Saxon pagans would make anyone they captured a slave for life. It is very likely that Tryggvason had a shallow understanding of Christianity, and just did as his pagan countrymen had always done to prisoners and traitors. That is why Olaf Haraldsson would be the one to Christianize Norway and be a saint, not Tryggvason

[@kentnewfence]

Olav The Holy came to my village in Norway(then Nordherad, now Skjåk) and wanted it to be christian. But the villagers denied it, so he stood on the mountains and said: "It's a pity to burn such a wonderful village". If it was burned down we don't know, but our neighbours (in Lom) got a stave church. The church still stands tall today and they found a older church inside the walls with graves under it with coins and a letter.

[@aidansumner8364]

@@MrEpic325 The slaughter of unarmed civilians and priests is often exaggerated by christian written sources of the time period. The Irish were just as brutal towards their unarmed folk in enemy tribes but whenever they did such things, the monks did not go to as great of an extent to slander them as there's less political reason to do so.

[@si4632]

@@aidansumner8364 Yeah course it was the vikings came in peace 🤣 you need a punch in the face

[@Necroyy]

Christianity ruined the great European spirit.

[@nicolasdemarchenoyr3700]

So that means that Christianity is superior

[@Necroyy]

@Nicolas de Marchenoyr No, it means that it’s oppressive.

[@nicolasdemarchenoyr3700]

@@Necroyy It is exactly the same

[@Gofishefurwitz]

@@nicolasdemarchenoyr3700 Christianity is a dead religion

[@tomskj]

Proud Norwegian until dovre falls