Saint Olaf

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Christian saint human king of Norway martyr national saint of Norway

Saint Olaf, also known as Olaf II Haraldsson, was an early 11th-century king of Norway who played a key role in the Christianization of the country and was later venerated as a national saint and martyr.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Saint Olaf canonical	8
Saint Olav	4
St. Olav	2
Christian (St. Olav)	1
Olaf II was later canonized as Saint Olaf	1
Olav den hellige	1
St Olaf	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian saint ⓘ human ⓘ king of Norway ⓘ martyr ⓘ national saint of Norway ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Olaf II of Norway ⓘ surface form: Olaf II Haraldsson Olaf II of Norway ⓘ surface form: Olaf the Holy Olaf II of Norway ⓘ surface form: Olav den hellige Saint Olaf ⓘ surface form: St. Olav
associatedWith	Nidarosdomen ⓘ surface form: Nidaros Cathedral Stiklestad National Culture Centre ⓘ
birthDate	c. 995 ⓘ
birthName	Olaf Haraldsson ⓘ
birthPlace	Norway ⓘ Ringerike ⓘ
canonizationDate	c. 1031 ⓘ
canonizationStatus	saint ⓘ
canonizedBy	local church in Nidaros ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Norway ⓘ
deathDate	29 July 1030 ⓘ
deathPlace	Norway ⓘ Stiklestad ⓘ Trøndelag ⓘ
dynasty	Fairhair dynasty ⓘ
father	Harald Grenske ⓘ
feastDay	29 July ⓘ
givenName	Olaf ⓘ
hasLegacy	Olavsfestdagene (St. Olav Festival) in Trondheim ⓘ St. Olav’s Way pilgrimage routes in Norway ⓘ
knownFor	Christianization of Norway ⓘ Norwegian national identity ⓘ establishing Christianity as dominant religion in Norway ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	killed in battle ⓘ
mother	Åsta Gudbrandsdatter ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Nesjar ⓘ battle of Stiklestad ⓘ surface form: Battle of Stiklestad
patronage	Norway ⓘ Trondheim ⓘ
placeOfBurial	Nidarosdomen ⓘ surface form: Nidaros Cathedral Trondheim ⓘ
positionHeld	King of Norway ⓘ
predecessor	Sweyn Forkbeard ⓘ
reignEnd	1028 ⓘ
reignStart	1015 ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
successor	Cnut the Great ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheran churches ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (18)

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

St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London → dedicatedTo → Saint Olaf ⓘ

Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav → postNominals → Saint Olaf ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Olav

Olaf → associatedWith → Saint Olaf ⓘ

St. Olaf College → namedAfter → Saint Olaf ⓘ

Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim → dedicatedTo → Saint Olaf ⓘ

subject surface form: Nidaros Cathedral

Grand Master → namedAfter → Saint Olaf ⓘ

subject surface form: Grand Master of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav

Commander with Star → namedAfter → Saint Olaf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Olav

Commander with Star → religiousSymbolism → Saint Olaf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Christian (St. Olav)

Knight First Class → namedFor → Saint Olaf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Olav

Olaf II of Norway → alsoKnownAs → Saint Olaf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Olav den hellige

Saint Olaf → alsoKnownAs → Saint Olaf ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Olav

Grand Cross → namedAfter → Saint Olaf ⓘ

subject surface form: Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav

this entity surface form: Saint Olav

Ólavsøka → namedAfter → Saint Olaf ⓘ

Hart Street → dedicatedTo → Saint Olaf ⓘ

subject surface form: St Olave's Church, Hart Street

this entity surface form: St Olaf

Uppsala Cathedral → dedicatedTo → Saint Olaf ⓘ

battle of Stiklestad → aftermath → Saint Olaf ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Stiklestad

this entity surface form: Olaf II was later canonized as Saint Olaf

Avaldsnes Church → dedicatedTo → Saint Olaf ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Olav

Archdiocese of Nidaros → patronSaint → Saint Olaf ⓘ