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Oluf (Bishop Of Roskilde)
Olaf of Denmark – Danish: ''Oluf'' - may refer to: * Olaf I of Denmark Olaf I ( da, Oluf; – 18 August 1095), nicknamed Olaf Hunger, was king of Denmark from 1086 to 1095, following the death of his brother Canute IV the Holy. He was a son of king Sweyn II Estridsson, and the third of Sweyn's sons to rule. He ma ... * Olaf II of Denmark {{hndis, Oluf of Denmark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Language
Danish (; , ) is a North Germanic language spoken by about six million people, principally in and around Denmark. Communities of Danish speakers are also found in Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and the northern German region of Southern Schleswig, where it has minority language status. Minor Danish-speaking communities are also found in Norway, Sweden, the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Argentina. Along with the other North Germanic languages, Danish is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples who lived in Scandinavia during the Viking Era. Danish, together with Swedish, derives from the ''East Norse'' dialect group, while the Middle Norwegian language (before the influence of Danish) and Norwegian Bokmål are classified as ''West Norse'' along with Faroese and Icelandic. A more recent classification based on mutual intelligibility separates modern spoken Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish as "mainland (or ''continental'') Scandinavian", wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olaf I Of Denmark
Olaf I ( da, Oluf; – 18 August 1095), nicknamed Olaf Hunger, was king of Denmark from 1086 to 1095, following the death of his brother Canute IV the Holy. He was a son of king Sweyn II Estridsson, and the third of Sweyn's sons to rule. He married Ingegard, the daughter of Harald Hardråde, but did not have any sons. He was succeeded by his brother Eric the Good. Biography Olaf was born around 1050, to king Sweyn II Estridsson and an unknown concubine.Stefan PajungOluf Hunger 1050–1095, Aarhus University, 22 January 2010 During the reign of his elder brother Canute IV, Olaf supposedly served as Duke of Schleswig. Bricka, Carl Frederik, ''Dansk Biografisk Lexikon'', vol. XII ünch – Peirup 1898pp.423–425 In 1085, Olaf was called to a '' leding'' campaign against England. Canute was held up and could not join the ''leding'', and as the navy grew weary in waiting for him, Olaf became the spokesperson for its concerns. Canute feared Olaf's support among the magnates, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
