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10th-century Vikings
Olaf TryggvasonOlaf Tryggvason was born in the 960s, though the exact year remains a subject of debate among historians. The earliest written source, Historia Norwegiæ from…
Harald BluetoothHarald Gormsson died around the year 985 or 986. His name appears in runic script on the Jelling stone as haraltr kunukr.
Erik the RedErik Thorvaldsson was born in the Jæren district of Rogaland, Norway around 950 CE. His father Thorvald Asvaldsson fled Norway after committing manslaughter…
RolloRollo died in 933, and his tomb states he was in his eighties at that time. This detail places his birth somewhere in the mid-9th century, though no calendar…