The Heimskringla on King Olaf the Swede
Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 48. King Harald Grenske'S Death.
- relationship: Olaf the Swede was king of Svithjod, son of Eirik the Victorious and Sigrid daughter of Skoglartoste
"Olaf the Swede was king there, a son of Eirik the Victorious, and Sigrid, a daughter of Skoglartoste"
Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 108. Conspiracy Against King Olaf.
- attestation: The Swedish king and Earl Eirik readily assembled a great fleet through all Svithjod and sailed south to Denmark, arriving after Olaf Trygvason had sailed east.
"The Swedish king and Earl Eirik were ready enough for this, and immediately assembled a great fleet and an army through all Svithjod, with which they sailed southwards to Denmark, and arrived there after King Olaf Trygvason had sailed to the eastward."
Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 115. The Battle Begins.
- attestation: Olaf the Swede positioned his ship's stern against the outermost ship of King Olaf's line.
"Outside of him Olaf the Swede laid himself, and set his ship's stern against the outermost ship of King Olaf's line"
Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 116. Flight Of Svein And Olaf The Swede.
- attestation: Olaf the Swede took Svein's place in the attack but also lost many men and ships and was forced to retreat.
"Then King Olaf the Swede laid himself in their place; but when he came near the great ships it went with him as with them, for he lost many men and some ships, and was obliged to get away."
Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 123. Of Earl Eirik, The Son Of Hakon.
attestation: After the battle, the Danish king Svein, Swedish king Olaf, and Earl Eirik divided Norway between them.
"Svein the Danish king, Olaf the Swedish king, and Earl Eirik divided the kingdom of Norway between them"
attestation: King Olaf the Swede received four Throndhjem districts plus More, Raumsdal, and Ranrike (from the Gaut river to Svinasund), which he delegated to Earl Svein.
"King Olaf got four districts in the Throndhjem country, and also the districts of More and Raumsdal; and in the east part of the land he got Ranrike, from the Gaut river to Svinasund. Olaf gave these dominions into Earl Svein's hands"
Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 6. Foray In Svithjod.
- attestation: Olaf the Swedish king laid iron chains across Stoksund (the channel between Maelar and the sea) and placed troops there to trap Olaf Haraldson.
"Olaf the Swedish king was assembling an army, and also that he had laid iron chains across Stoksund (the channel between the Maelar lake and the sea), and had laid troops there"
Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 52. Plan Of Svein And The Swedish King.
- attestation: The Swedish king offered Earl Svein either a portion of Sweden to rule or military forces to reconquer Norway.
"The king said that the earl should stay with him if he liked, and get such a portion of his kingdom to rule over as should seem to him sufficient; "or otherwise," says he, "I will give thee help of forces to conquer the country again from Olaf.""
Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 54. Of The Throndhjem People.
- attestation: The Swedish king resented that Olaf Haraldson had taken his scat-lands and driven Earl Svein out, threatening vengeance.
"The Swedish king took it much amiss that Olaf the Thick had set himself down in his scat-lands, and driven the earl out of them, and therefore he threatened the king with his heaviest vengeance"
Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 57. King Olaf'S Messengers.
attestation: In winter A.D. 1016, messengers from the Swedish king arrived in Norway, led by two brothers: Thorgaut Skarde and Asgaut the bailiff, with 24 men.
"The same winter (A.D. 1016) came messengers from the Swedish king, Olaf the Swede, out of Svithjod: and their leaders were two brothers, Thorgaut Skarde and Asgaut the bailiff; and they, had twenty-four men with them"
attestation: The bondes refused to pay scat to both the Swedish king and King Olaf, saying they would only pay to one.
"the bondes, after consulting with each other, determined only to pay the scat which the Swedish king required in so far as King Olaf required none upon his account, but refused to pay scat to both"
Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 59. Eilif Of Gautland'S Murder.
- attestation: The Swedish king had set Eilif Gautske over the north part and Hroe Skialge over the east part extending to the Gaut river.
"he had set officers over this country; namely, Eilif Gautske over the north part, and Hroe Skialge over the east part, all the way to the Gaut river"
Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 66. King Olaf The Swede.
- attestation: King Olaf the Swede hated Olaf Haraldson so intensely that no one dared speak his real name in the king's presence; they called him 'the thick man.'
"King Olaf the Swede had so great a hatred of Olaf Haraldson, that no man dared to call him by his right name in the king's hearing. They called him the thick man"
Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 71. Hjalte Skeggjason While He Was In Svithiod.
attestation: The Swedish king was pleased, noting few had brought him dues from Norway recently, and returned the silver to Hjalte as a gift along with his friendship.
""Few have brought us any such dues from Norway for some time; and now, Hjalte, I will return you my warmest thanks for having given yourself so much trouble to bring us the landing dues, rather than pay them to our enemies. But I will that thou shouldst take this money from me as a gift, and with it my friendship.""
attestation: The Swedish king forbade Hjalte from calling Olaf Haraldson 'king,' referring to him as 'that fat fellow,' and warned against raising the subject again.
"That fat fellow shall not be called king in my court, and there is by no means the stuff in him that people talk of"
attestation: The Swedish king boasted he was the tenth consecutive sole monarch at Upsala and claimed superiority over Norwegian kings.
"I am the tenth king in Upsala who, relation after relation, has been sole monarch over the Swedish, and many other great lands, and all have been the superior kings over other kings in the northern countries"
attestation: The Swedish king argued that Norway had only small kings, and that even Harald Harfager wisely avoided challenging Swedish dominions.
"Norway is little inhabited, and the inhabitants are scattered. There have only been small kings there; and although Harald Harfager was the greatest king in that country"
attestation: The Swedish king asserted that he and King Svein jointly killed Olaf Trygvason, thereby appropriating Norway.
"When Olaf Trygvason came to Norway and proclaimed himself king, we would not permit it, but we went with King Svein, and cut him off; and thus we have appropriated Norway"
attestation: The Swedish king reminded Hjalte that Olaf Haraldson had barely escaped when penned in the Malar lake.
"he does not remember how narrowly he made his escape, when we had penned him in in the Malar lake"
attestation: The Swedish king flew into a rage, accusing Ingegerd of wanting him to give her in marriage to 'this thick Olaf,' and threatened to invade Norway with fire and sword.
""No," says he, "something else shall first take place. Rather than that, I shall, at the Upsala Thing in winter, issue a proclamation to all Swedes, that the whole people shall assemble for an expedition""
attestation: The king's rage was so fierce that nobody dared speak, and Ingegerd withdrew.
"The king was so mad with rage that nobody ventured to say a word, and she went away"
Heimskringla > part in the government with his brother Hardaknut. In the same autumn > 18. The League Between King Harald And Svein Ulfson.
- relationship: The Swedish king Olaf was brother of Ellisif's mother, and Astrid (Svein's mother) was King Olaf's sister, connecting Harald and Svein through Swedish royalty.
"The Swedish king, Olaf the Swede, was brother of the mother of Ellisif, Harald's wife; and Astrid, the mother of Svein, was King Olaf's sister."