Tag Archives: Normandie

  Herland Report: In our series about the Viking Age, this article focuses on the Eternal King of Norway, as Saint Olaf Haraldsson (995 – 1030 AD) is known as. He is not only the Patron Saint of Norway, but one of the most important and legendary characters in Viking history. At the festival of Olsok, we remember his life …

  Herland Report: The brutally fierce, Viking Age Norse Norrøn warrior king of Norway, Harald Fairhair (850 – 933 AD) is considered Norway’s founding father.   Under his leadership, all significant lands of Norway were for the first time assembled under one High King. The religion at the time was the polytheistic, Norse Norrøn traditional beliefs, worshiping the gods Odin, Thor, …