Vige was the inseparable companion of swashbuckling Viking warlord
Olaf Tryggvason, who picked him up in Ireland.
bySnorro Sturluson1179-1241
Scandinavian History
‘I Have No Quarrel With Any Man’
Magnus, Earl of Orkney, disappointed King Magnus of Norway
by refusing to get involved in somebody else’s war.
byElizabeth Wilson Grierson1869-1943
Scandinavian History
Miracles of St Olaf
Snorro Sturluson records some of the miracles attributed to Olaf II,
King of Norway, after Englishman Bishop Grimkell declared him a saint.
bySnorro Sturluson1179-1241
Scandinavian History
Magnus ‘Barelegs’ Steers a Bold Course
Magnus had just reasserted Norway’s authority over The Isles and Man,
when he stumbled into a party of Normans harassing the King of Gwynedd.
bySnorro Sturluson1179-1241
Scandinavian History
Magnus ‘Barelegs’ Tours the Isles
Barely a generation after Harald Hardrada narrowly missed out on taking the
English crown, his grandson Magnus re-asserted Norway’s authority over The Isles and Man.
bySnorro Sturluson1179-1241
Scandinavian History
Bergen’s Blessings
In the days of Henry II, relations with our cross-Channel neighbours
were fractious, but we were fast friends with the people of Norway.