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Vige, the Viking’s Dog

By Snorro Sturluson

Vige was the inseparable companion of swashbuckling Viking warlord Olaf Tryggvason, who picked him up in Ireland.

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Picture: By Edwin Landseer (1802–1873), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.

Posted July 16 2022

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‘I Have No Quarrel With Any Man’

By Elizabeth Wilson Grierson

Magnus, Earl of Orkney, disappointed King Magnus of Norway by refusing to get involved in somebody else’s war.

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Picture: Wandernder Weltreisender 3.0.. Source.

Posted May 15 2022

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Miracles of St Olaf

By Snorro Sturluson

Snorro Sturluson records some of the miracles attributed to Olaf II, King of Norway, after Englishman Bishop Grimkell declared him a saint.

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Picture: © Basher Eyre, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.. Source.

Posted July 14 2021

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Magnus ‘Barelegs’ Steers a Bold Course

By Snorro Sturluson

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.

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Picture: © Robin Drayton, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.. Source.

Posted July 8 2021

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Magnus ‘Barelegs’ Tours the Isles

By Snorro Sturluson

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.

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Picture: © Lauren Johnston-Smith, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.. Source.

Posted July 6 2021

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Bergen’s Blessings

By Charles Isaac Elton

In the days of Henry II, relations with our cross-Channel neighbours were fractious, but we were fast friends with the people of Norway.

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Picture: © Guywestern, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.. Source.

Posted March 1 2021

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