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Converts to Christianity from Germanic paganism | HearLore
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Converts to Christianity from Germanic paganism
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.
Olof SkötkonungOlof Skötkonung died in the winter of 1021 or 1022. He stands at the threshold of recorded history as the first Swedish ruler about whom there is substantial…
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…