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Olaf Haraldsen (died ) was a Oluf Haraldsen
at Gyldendals Encyklopædi fighting his cousin King Eric III of Denmark. The civil war mostly consisted of alternating raids, during which Olaf killed Bishop Rike of
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/ref> Harald Skrænk, the leader of a peasant rebellion in Scania about 1182, is said to have been Olaf's illegitimate son, but their connection is unsure.
Olaf Haraldsen (died ) was a Danish
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anti-king who ruled Scania
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for a few years from 1139. He never won control over the rest of Denmark, and he is not included in the list of Danish monarchs used by the Danish monarchy or '' Den Store Danske Encyklopædi''. He is sometimes called "Olaf II" even though there was a later Olaf II of Denmark
no, Olav HÃ¥konsson
, house = Bjelbo
, father = Haakon VI of Norway
, mother = Margaret I of Denmark
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Akershus Castle, Oslo
, death_date =
, death_place = Falsterbo Ca ...
.
He was the son of Harald Kesja Harald Kesja, ''Harald the Spear'',A ''kesja'' is in fact an unidentified weapon, probably a polearm which may have included some kind of hook in addition to the spear blade. See ''Viking halberd''. (1080–1135) was the son of Eric I of Denmark and ...
and thus nephew of King Eric II of Denmark. He seems to have been the only who escaped Eric II's murder of Harald and his sons in 1135. After trying in vain to regain his heritage, Olaf proclaimed himself king in Scania in 1139,at Gyldendals Encyklopædi fighting his cousin King Eric III of Denmark. The civil war mostly consisted of alternating raids, during which Olaf killed Bishop Rike of
Roskilde
Roskilde ( , ) is a city west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand. With a population of 51,916 (), the city is a business and educational centre for the region and the 10th largest city in Denmark. It is governed by the administrative ...
, an act that saw him excommunicated
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by the Pope
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. He was at last defeated by Eric III and was killed in a battle in Middle Scania around 1143. Bricka, Carl Frederik, ''Dansk Biografisk Lexikon'', vol. XII ünch - Peirup 1898, pp.426-42Available online
/ref> Harald Skrænk, the leader of a peasant rebellion in Scania about 1182, is said to have been Olaf's illegitimate son, but their connection is unsure.
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