#OlafTryggvason may have thrown himself into the #BalticSea at the end of the Battle of #Svolder #OnThisDay in 1000, ambushed by Svein Forkbeard (king of Denmark), Olof Skötkonung (a.k.a., Olaf Eiríksson, king of Sweden) & Eirik Hákonarson (Jarl of Lade):
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Did you know that long after the poet Snorri Sturlason wrote down his saga of Olaf Tryggvason, another poet created a new poem of Olaf's life?

Read about it here: www.ericschumacher.net/2020-4-28-lo...

#Norse #Poetry #HenryWadsworthLongfellow #OlafTryggvason