Olav Haraldsson

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Olav Haraldsson, better known as Saint Olaf, was the early 11th-century king of Norway whose efforts to consolidate Christianity led to his canonization and status as Norway’s patron saint.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Olav 8
Olav Haraldsson canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox saint ⓘ
King of Norway ⓘ
Norse ruler ⓘ
human ⓘ
medieval monarch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Olaf II of Norway ⓘ
Olaf the Holy ⓘ
linked to: Saint Olaf

Olav den hellige ⓘ
linked to: Saint Olaf

Saint Olaf ⓘ
St. Olaf ⓘ
associatedWith Nidaros Cathedral ⓘ
linked to: Nidarosdomen

St. Olav’s Way pilgrimage routes ⓘ
linked to: St. Olav Ways
birthDate c. 995 ⓘ
burialPlace Nidaros ⓘ
linked to: Trondheim

Nidaros Cathedral ⓘ
linked to: Nidarosdomen

Trondheim ⓘ
canonizationDate 1031 ⓘ
canonizationStatus canonized saint ⓘ
causeOfDeath battle wounds ⓘ
child Magnus I of Norway ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Norway ⓘ
deathDate 29 July 1030 ⓘ
dynasty Fairhair dynasty ⓘ
father Harald Grenske ⓘ
feastDay 29 July ⓘ
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegion Scandinavia ⓘ
legacy central figure in Norwegian national identity ⓘ
subject of the cult of St. Olaf ⓘ
mannerOfDeath killed in battle ⓘ
mother Åsta Gudbrandsdatter ⓘ
name Olav Haraldsson ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Nesjar ⓘ
Battle of Stiklestad ⓘ
notableWork Christianization of Norway ⓘ
patronSaintOf Norway ⓘ
placeOfBirth Norway ⓘ
Ringerike ⓘ
placeOfDeath Norway ⓘ
Stiklestad ⓘ
Trøndelag ⓘ
positionHeld King of Norway ⓘ
reignEnd 1028 ⓘ
reignStart 1015 ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
spouse Astrid Olofsdotter of Sweden ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Lutheran tradition ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Olaf II of Norway → alsoKnownAs → Olav Haraldsson ⓘ
Áleifr → hasModernForm → Olav ⓘ
subject linked to: Old Norse name Áleifr
linked to: Olav Haraldsson
Óláfr → hasModernForm → Olav ⓘ
subject linked to: Old Norse name Óláfr
linked to: Olav Haraldsson
Óláfr → cognate → Olav ⓘ
subject linked to: Old Norse name Óláfr
linked to: Olav Haraldsson
Ólafur → hasVariant → Olav ⓘ
linked to: Olav Haraldsson
Olov → relatedName → Olav ⓘ
linked to: Olav Haraldsson
Prince Alexander of Denmark → givenName → Olav ⓘ
linked to: Olav Haraldsson
Olav Haraldsson → name → Olav Haraldsson ⓘ
Ole → shortFormOf → Olav ⓘ
linked to: Olav Haraldsson
Oluf → hasVariant → Olav ⓘ
linked to: Olav Haraldsson
Harald Fairhair → child → Olav Haraldsson ⓘ