Olaf II Haroldsson (ca. 990-1030), also called St. Olaf, was king of Norway from 1015 to 1028. The first king of the whole of Norway, he organized its final conversion and its integration into Christian Europe. Olaf was a son of Harold Graenske, a...

OLAF THE HOLY (r. 1015–1030), ruler of Norway and Scandinavia's first saint. A missionary king who strove to impose religious unity on Norway, Olaf had great influence on the practice of traditional religion in Norway and Iceland. Olaf...

Olaf II Haraldsson (995 – July 29 1030), king from 1015–1028, (known during his lifetime as the Stout or Thick (Olav Digre) and after his canonization as Saint Olaf), was born in the year in which Olaf Tryggvason came to Norway. His mother...

Not many people-say about 322, plus President Ronald Reagan and a few stray visitors to the National Air & Space Museum-know that King Olaf of Norway came to town just before Mikhail Gorbachev. No motorcycles screeched ahead of him, Massachusetts Avenue wasn't closed...

Byline: James Walsh; Staff Writer Sidney Rand, once president of St. Olaf College and a former U.S. ambassador to Norway, died this week in Northfield, Minn. He was 87. Described as a "gentleman" who led the college with quiet determination and...