Olaf Tryggvason
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Olaf Tryggvason was a late 10th-century king of Norway known for his aggressive efforts to Christianize the country and his dramatic death at the Battle of Svolder.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Olaf Tryggvason canonical | 4 |
| King Olaf | 1 |
| King Ólafur Tryggvason | 1 |
| Olaf Sihtricson | 1 |
| Olafr | 1 |
| Olav Tryggvason | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2544265 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Olaf Tryggvason Context triple: [Olaf, hasNotableBearer, Olaf Tryggvason]
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A.
Olaf II of Norway
Olaf II of Norway, also known as Saint Olaf, was an early 11th-century king whose efforts to consolidate Christianity in Norway made him a national patron saint and a central figure in the country's medieval history.
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B.
Haakon Magnus
Haakon Magnus is the Crown Prince of Norway and heir apparent to the Norwegian throne.
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C.
Haakon
Haakon is a Scandinavian male given name of Old Norse origin, traditionally borne by Norwegian kings and other notable figures.
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D.
Birger Jarl
Birger Jarl was a 13th-century Swedish statesman and de facto ruler of Sweden, renowned for consolidating royal power and laying the foundations of the Swedish capital.
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E.
Harald
Harald is a common Scandinavian male given name, historically borne by several notable kings and figures in Norse and European history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Olaf Tryggvason Target entity description: Olaf Tryggvason was a late 10th-century king of Norway known for his aggressive efforts to Christianize the country and his dramatic death at the Battle of Svolder.
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A.
Olaf II of Norway
Olaf II of Norway, also known as Saint Olaf, was an early 11th-century king whose efforts to consolidate Christianity in Norway made him a national patron saint and a central figure in the country's medieval history.
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B.
Haakon Magnus
Haakon Magnus is the Crown Prince of Norway and heir apparent to the Norwegian throne.
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C.
Haakon
Haakon is a Scandinavian male given name of Old Norse origin, traditionally borne by Norwegian kings and other notable figures.
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D.
Birger Jarl
Birger Jarl was a 13th-century Swedish statesman and de facto ruler of Sweden, renowned for consolidating royal power and laying the foundations of the Swedish capital.
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E.
Harald
Harald is a common Scandinavian male given name, historically borne by several notable kings and figures in Norse and European history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Norway
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| allegiance | Kingdom of Norway ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Nidarosdomen
ⓘ
surface form:
Nidaros (Trondheim)
Norwegian conversion-era sagas ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 963 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Ringerike ⓘ |
| burialPlace | unknown ⓘ |
| century | 10th century ⓘ |
| conflict | power struggle with Danish and Swedish kings ⓘ |
| countryRuled | Norway ⓘ |
| deathCause | killed in battle ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1000 ⓘ |
| deathManner | disappeared at sea after Battle of Svolder (saga tradition) ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Battle of Svolder ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Norwegian ⓘ |
| father | Tryggve Olafsson ⓘ |
| house | Fairhair dynasty ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christianization of Scandinavia
ⓘ
surface form:
Christianization of Greenland
conversion of Iceland at the Althing ⓘ
surface form:
Christianization of Iceland
Norse settlement of the Faroe Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Christianization of the Faroe Islands
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| knownFor |
Battle of Svolder
ⓘ
Christianization of Scandinavia ⓘ
surface form:
Christianization of Norway
|
| languageSpoken |
Old Norse language
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Norse
|
| legacy | key figure in Norway’s transition from paganism to Christianity ⓘ |
| mother | Astrid Eiriksdatter ⓘ |
| notableBattle |
The Battle of Maldon
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Maldon (raiding context)
Battle of Svolder ⓘ |
| occupation |
Viking leader
ⓘ
king ⓘ warrior ⓘ |
| policy |
destruction of pagan temples
ⓘ
forced conversions to Christianity ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Norway ⓘ |
| predecessor | Haakon Sigurdsson ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1000 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 995 ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| sourceMention |
Fagrskinna
ⓘ
Heimskringla ⓘ Ágrip af Nóregskonungasögum ⓘ Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar ⓘ |
| spouse |
Geira
ⓘ
Gyda ⓘ Princess Thyra of Denmark ⓘ
surface form:
Thyra of Denmark
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| successor |
Eirik Håkonsson
ⓘ
Olof Skötkonung ⓘ Eirik Håkonsson ⓘ
surface form:
Svein Håkonsson
Sweyn Forkbeard ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Olaf Tryggvason Description of subject: Olaf Tryggvason was a late 10th-century king of Norway known for his aggressive efforts to Christianize the country and his dramatic death at the Battle of Svolder.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
King Olaf
this entity surface form:
Olaf Sihtricson
subject surface form:
Óláfr
this entity surface form:
Olafr
this entity surface form:
King Ólafur Tryggvason