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Olof Skötkonung, (Old Norse: Óláfr skautkonungr; c. 980 –1022) sometimes stylized as Olaf the Swede, was King of Sweden, son of Eric the Victorious and, according to Icelandic sources, Sigrid the Haughty. He succeeded his father in c. 995.
Olof Skötkonung var den förste svenske kung som tog dopet och förblev kristen till sin död. Hans far Erik Segersäll hade också blivit döpt men övergav senare den kristna tron.
Olof Skötkonung. Died: 1022, Sweden. Title / Office: king (990-1022), Sweden. Olaf (died 1022, Sweden) was the king of Sweden ( c. 980–1022) whose apparent efforts to impose Christianity were frustrated by the leading non-Christian Swedish chieftains.
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Jan 14, 2024 · Reigning at the threshold between the early and middle medieval periods, between the widespread worship of the Old Norse religion and the advent of Christianity in Sweden, was Olof Skötkonung, a famed Viking king.
May 23, 2024 · The reign of Swedish King Olof Skötkonung was a historical pivot for the nascent Scandinavian kingdom that saw the transition from pagan beliefs to the worship of the new Christian religion. Why did Sweden reject the old gods for Jesus, and who benefitted from this spiritual paradigm shift?
Olof "skötkonung", f senast i början av 980-talet (S Carlsson 1973, s 276), d trol vintern 1021-1022 (Axelson 1955, s 48; annorlunda Moberg 1941, s 144). Föräldrar: konung Erik "segersäll" (bd 14) av Sverige o Sigrid "storråda" (G Carlsson, Sigrid Storråda; S Carlsson 1973, s 276; annorlunda L Weibull 1911).
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Nov 2, 2020 · The main departure point from this situation took place in the closing years of the tenth century, when an aristocrat from Götaland, Olof Skötkonung, was recognised as king of both the Svear and the Götar.
