Vige was the inseparable companion of swashbuckling Viking warlord
Olaf Tryggvason, who picked him up in Ireland.
Length: 59 words
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.
Length: 118 words
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.
Length: 117 words
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.
Length: 119 words
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.
Length: 113 words
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.