Olaf, returning with an army in a …
Years: 1030 - 1030
Olaf, returning with an army in a bid to regain his Norwegian throne, is killed on July 29, 1030, at the Battle of Stiklestad, his forces defeated by a "Peasant Army" of rival nobles, wealthy farmers and others loyal to Cnut the Great.
Locations
People
- Anund Jacob
- Cnut the Great
- Haakon Ericsson
- Harald Hardrada
- Harthacnut
- Magnus the Good
- Olaf II Haraldsson
- Svein Knutsson
- Ælfgifu of Northampton
Groups
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Denmark, Kingdom of
- Norse
- Sweden, Kingdom of
- England, (Danish) Kingdom of
- North Sea Empire
- Norway, independent Kingdom of
