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St. Olaf College is a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota. It was founded in 1874 by a group of Norwegian-American pastors and farmers led by Pastor ...
Olaf II Haraldsson (c. 995 – 29 July 1030), also Olav Haraldsson, later known as Saint Olaf and Olaf the Holy, was King of Norway from 1015 to 1028. Son of Harald Grenske, a petty king in Vestfold, Norway, he was posthumously given the title Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae (English: Eternal/Perpetual King of Norway) and canonised at Nidaros by Bishop Grimketel, one year after his death in the Battle ...
FIPS code. 27-57382 [1] GNIS feature ID. 0665528 [2] St. Olaf Township is a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 395 at the time of the 2020 census. St. Olaf Township was originally called Oxford Township, and under the latter name was organized in 1869. The current name, adopted in 1870, was named after ...
Riband of the Order of St. Olav. The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav ( Norwegian: Den Kongelige Norske Sankt Olavs Orden; or Sanct Olafs Orden, the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II, known to posterity as St. Olav. [1]
Kenneth Jennings, class of 1950. Dale Warland, class of 1954. David Boe, class of 1958. René Clausen, class of 1974. Anton Armstrong, class of 1978. Timothy Mahr, class of 1978. Bradley Ellingboe, class of 1980. Craig Hella Johnson, class of 1984. Jocelyn Hagen, class of 2003.
124 metres (407 ft) St. Olaf’s Church or St. Olav's Church ( Estonian: Oleviste kirik) in Tallinn, Estonia, is believed to have been built in the 12th century and to have been the centre for old Tallinn's Scandinavian community before Denmark conquered Tallinn in 1219. Its dedication relates to King Olaf II of Norway (also known as Saint Olaf ...
Separate Saga of St. Olaf. Illustration for Olav den helliges saga Heimskringla Gerhard Munthe: 1899. The Separate (or Independent) Saga of St. Olaf (Óláfs sögu ins Helga inni sérstöku) is one of the kings' sagas. It was written about King Olaf II of Norway ( Olaf Haraldsson ), later Saint Olaf ( Olav den Hellige ), patron saint of Norway.
Olavinlinna (also known as St. Olaf's Castle; Swedish: Olofsborg; German: Olafsburg; literally Olof's Castle) is a 15th-century three-tower castle located in Savonlinna, Finland. It is built on an island in the Kyrönsalmi strait that connects the lakes Haukivesi and Pihlajavesi. It is the northernmost medieval stone fortress still standing.