Olaf II
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Olaf II may refer to:
- Olof (II) BjörnssonOlof (II) BjörnssonOlof Björnsson , was a semi-legendary Swedish king, who according to Hervarar saga and the Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa ruled together with his brother Eric the Victorious. He was the father of Styrbjörn Starke and Gyrid by his queen, Ingeborg Thrandsdotter, and he died of poison during a meal...
(reigned c. 970–975) of Sweden - Amlaíb Cuarán (c. 926–981) of Dublin
- Olaf II of NorwayOlaf II of NorwayOlaf II Haraldsson was King of Norway from 1015 to 1028. He was posthumously given the title Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae and canonised in Nidaros by Bishop Grimkell, one year after his death in the Battle of Stiklestad on 29 July 1030. Enshrined in Nidaros Cathedral...
(995–1030) - Olaf (II) Haraldsen (died c. 1143)
- Olaf II of the Isle of ManOlaf II of the Isle of ManÓláfr Guðrøðarson , commonly known in English as Olaf the Black, was a mid 13th century sea-king who ruled the Isle of Man and parts of the Hebrides. Óláfr was the son of Guðrøðr Óláfsson, King of the Isles, King of Dublin, and his wife Finnguala, granddaughter of Muirchertach Mac Lochlainn, High...
(1173/4–1237)