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Line 1: [[Image:Peter nicolai arbo, olaf tryggvasson king.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|right\|Olaf Tryggvason has been elected king, a painting by [[Peter Nicolai Arbo]]]]'''Olaf Tryggvason''' ([[969]]–[[September 9]]? [[1000]]) ([[Old Norse]]: ''Óláfr Tryggvason'', Norwegian: ''Olav Tryggvason'') was son of [[Tryggve Olavsson]], king of [[Vika]] ([[Vingulmark]] and [[Ranrike]]), and great-grandson of [[Harald I of Norway\|Harald Fairhair]]. He began his meteoric career in exile as his ancestors fled from the executions of the royal family by [[Eric I of Norway\|Eric Bloodaxe]]. It is even said that he was bought as a slave in [[Estonia]]. After a childhood spent in [[Novgorod]] under the protection of [[Vladimir I of Kiev\|King Valdemar]], Olaf fought for the emperor [[Otto III]] under the mythical Wendish king [[Burislav]] (almost all historian agree, that Burislav from Icelandic sagas is infact symbolising two Polish rulers, [[Mieszko I of Poland]] and [[Boleslaus I of Poland]]), whose daughter he had married.

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