Editing Olaf Tryggvason (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Trondheim - monument 01.jpg|thumb|upright|Statue of Olaf in the city plaza of [[Trondheim]]. Between the king's legs lies the head of the slave [[Tormod Kark]], [[Haakon Jarl]]'s murderer.]]
In the early 11th century, a Viking chieftain named [[Tryggvi the Pretender|Tryggvi]] invaded Norway, claiming to be the son of Olaf and Gyda. His invasion was defeated by forces loyal to [[Cnut the Great]]'s son [[Svein Knutsson]]. An account preserved in ''Morkinskinna'' relates that Tryggvi was killed by a farmer after the battle. Many years later, when [[Harald Hardrada]] was king of Norway, he passed by the site of the battle. The king met an old friend of his who pointed out the alleged assassin. After questioning the purported killer and hearing him confess, King Harald had the man [[hanged]], citing the familial bond between him and Tryggvi and his duty to avenge the latter's death.<ref>Gade (2000:255).</ref>

For some time after the Battle of Svolder, there were rumors that Olaf had survived his leap into the sea and had made his way to safety. Accounts reported by Oddr Snorrason included sightings of Olaf in [[Rome]], [[Jerusalem]], and elsewhere in Europe and the Mediterranean. Both King [[Ethelred the Unready]] and Olaf's sister Astrid allegedly received gifts from Olaf long after he was presumed dead. The latest sighting reported by Oddr took place in 1046.<ref>Oddr Snorrason.''The Saga of King Olaf Tryggwason''. Shepton, J., transl. Nutt, 1895. 449–465.</ref>

Olaf routinely used force to compel conversion to Christianity, including execution and torture of those who refused.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iNw1KewuhrIC&q=OLAF+TRYGGVASON+convert+force&pg=PA69|title=Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion|last1=Stark|first1=Rodney|last2=Finke|first2=Roger|year=2000|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0520924345|language=en|access-date=19 October 2020|archive-date=10 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810091622/https://books.google.com/books?id=iNw1KewuhrIC&q=OLAF+TRYGGVASON+convert+force&pg=PA69|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RrTCAgAAQBAJ&q=OLAF+TRYGGVASON+convert+force&pg=PT130|title=A History of the Vikings|last=Kendrick|first=T. D.|year=2012|publisher=Courier Corporation|isbn=978-0486123424|language=en|access-date=19 October 2020|archive-date=10 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810091624/https://books.google.com/books?id=RrTCAgAAQBAJ&q=OLAF+TRYGGVASON+convert+force&pg=PT130|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">Midgaard 1963:25–26.</ref> [[Raud the Strong]] refused to convert and, after a failed attempt using a wooden pin to pry open his mouth to insert a snake, was killed by a snake goaded by a hot poker through a drinking horn into Raud's mouth and down his throat. Eyvind Kinnrifi likewise refused and was killed by a brazier of hot coals resting on his belly. The possibly apocryphal figure, [[Sigrid the Haughty]] was said to have refused to marry Olaf if it meant forgoing her forefathers' religion, upon which Olaf slapped her with his glove, an act that prompted her to unite his enemies against him years later.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thepostgradchroniclessite.wordpress.com/2017/03/12/viking-identity-christianity-the-performed-violence-of-olaf-tryggvason/|title=Viking Identity & Christianity – The Performed Violence of Olaf Tryggvason|last=thepostgradchroniclessite|date=12 March 2017|website=The Postgrad Chronicles|access-date=14 April 2017|archive-date=15 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415013144/https://thepostgradchroniclessite.wordpress.com/2017/03/12/viking-identity-christianity-the-performed-violence-of-olaf-tryggvason/|url-status=live}}</ref>