- The
Battle of
Svolder (Svold or Swold) was a
large naval battle during the
Viking age,
fought in
September 1000 in the
western Baltic Sea
between King...
- of Lade. He parti****ted in the
Battle of Hjörungavágr, the
Battle of
Svolder and the
conquest of
England by King
Canute the Great. Eric is referred...
-
Baltic Sea when he was
sailing home from an expedition, in the
Battle of
Svolder,
fought in
September 999 or 1000. The
victors divided Norway among them...
- they pla**** a decisive, if treacherous, role in the
Battle of
Svolder in 1000. At
Svolder, a
Jomsviking force led by
Sigvald Jarl
abandoned King Olaf of...
- 1000 to
wrest her
lands from
Burislav that he was
waylaid off the
island Svolder by the
combined Swedish, Danish, and
Wendish fleets,
together with the...
-
alliance and
defeated the
Norwegian king Olaf
Tryggvason in the
Battle of
Svolder in 999 or 1000.
After the battle, the
victorious leaders split Norway into...
-
Haakonsson –
Norway having been
under Danish sovereignty since the
Battle of
Svolder, in 999. Eiríkr's parti****tion in the
invasion left his son
Hakon to rule...
-
generally held as the
ruler of
Norway from 970 to 995.
After the
Battle of
Svolder, the
Danes recaptured Norway under Sweyn Forkbeard. As before, the Danes...
- help Olaf
Tryggvason ascension to the
Norwegian throne. The
Battle of
Svolder ca. 1000
would be a
major battle in the Ladejarl-Fairhair
succession wars...
-
Rudolf Keyser counted the
number of
years backwards from the
Battle of
Svolder as
recorded in
Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla,
dating the
battle to 872...
