 Solveig Halfdansdatter , daughter of Halfdan (Gulltann) Solfasson and N.N..BORN_SHORT 681 of, Solor, Hedmark, Norway, DIED_SHORT ± 770, approximately 89 years Married Ringerike, Akershus, Norway to:  Olaf (the Tree Hewer) , Nickname: Olaf , son of Ingjald / King in Sweden and Gauthild Algautsdotter .BORN_SHORT 678 of, , Värmland, Sweden NICKNAME: Woodcutter Sacrificed to Woden by his own people during the famine 710? Fled west after his father's death, went to deep forest of Vaermland. Earned his nickname after cutting down trees with great energy, he upset people who thought that he should have provided them with more food & was sacrificed to their god - Odin. According to Knut Am. Gulsvik's research King Olav was descended from Froy Ingversen who was b. ca. 65 B.C. and d. 10 B.C. and who lived 22 generations earlier. Froy was King of Svearne (Sweden) and Uppsala and married Gerd Gymnedtr. Olaf "Trekalia" INGJALDSSON - The Wood Cutter "Olaf, the son of Ingjald the Ill-Advised, king in Sweden, cleared Vermaland. He was called Olaf the Tree-Feller. He was fostered in West Gautland by a man named Bofi. Bofi's son was named Saxi, who was called the Plunderer. Olaf's mother was Gauthild, the daughter of King Algaut, who was the son of King Gautrek the Mild, son of Gaut, after whom Gautland is named. Alof was the mother of Gauthild, daughter of King Olaf the Clear-Sighted, king in Naeriki. At that time, Ivar Widegrasp had conquered all Denmark and Sweden, and so Olaf and a great multitude of his folk fled, and were proclaimed outlaws by King Ivar. They went north to Vaeni, and cleared the forests and settled in a large area that they called Vermaland, and the Swedes elected Olaf the Tree-Feller, and he was their king until old age. [He] sacrificed his own people in time of famine. The last Yngling ruler of Uppsala. When Olaf, King Ingjald's son, heard of his father's end, he went with the men who chose to follow him to Nerike; for all the Swedish community rose with one accord to drive out Ingjald's family and all his friends. Now, when the Swedes got intelligence of him he could not remain there, but went on westwards, through the forest, to a river which comes from the north and falls into the Venner lake, and is called Klar river. There they sat themselves down, turned to and cleared the woods, burnt, and then settled there. Soon there were great districts; which altogether were called Vermeland; and a good living was to be made there. Now when it was told of Olaf, in Sweden, that he was clearing the forests, they laughed at his proceedings, and called him the Tree-feller. Olaf got a wife called Solva, or Solveig, a daughter of Halfdan Guldtand, westward in Soleyar. Halfdan was a son of Solve Solvarson, who was a son of Solve the Old, who first settled on these islands. Olaf Tree-feller's mother was called Gauthild, and her mother was Alov, daughter of Olaf the Sharp-sighted, king in Nerike. Olaf and Solva had two sons: Ingjald and Halfdan. Halfdan was brought up in Soleyar, in the house of his mother's brother Solve, and was called Halfdan Hvitbein. There were a great many people who fled the country from Sweden, on account of King Ivar; and when they heard that King Olaf had got good lands in Vermeland, so great a number came there to him that the land could not support them. Then there came dear times and famine, which they ascribed to their king; as the Swedes used always to reckon good or bad crops for or against their kings. The Swedes took it amiss that Olaf was sparing in his sacrifices, and believed the dear times must proceed from this cause. The Swedes therefore gathered together troops, made an expedition against King Olaf, surrounded his house and burnt him in it, giving him to Odin as a sacrifice for good crops. This happened at the Venner lake. Thus tells Thjodolf of it: "The temple wolf, by the lake shores, The corpse of Olaf now devours. The clearer of the forests died At Odin's shrine by the lake side. The glowing flames stripped to the skin The royal robes from the Swedes' king. Thus Olaf, famed in days of yore, Vanished from earth at Venner's shore." Children: | |||
1) Ingjald Olafsson BORN_SHORT ± 702 Romerike, Akershus, Norway, DIED_SHORT before 745 Ingjald Olofsson was the son of Olof Trätälja and became the king of Värmland after his father death, according to legend. When Ingjald died, his brother Halfdan Hvitbeinn made Värmland part of his kingdom . [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingjald_Olofsson] | |||
2) Halfdan (White Leg) / King in SwedenBORN_SHORT 698 Romerike, Akershus, Norway, DIED_SHORT 745 Skiringsdal, Tjølling, Vestfold, Norway, 46 or 47 years MYTHOLOGICAL: Proposed> Halfdan Whiteshanks (Old Norse): Hálfdan hvítbeinan was a mythical petty king in Norway, described in Ynglinga saga. The following description is based on the account in Ynglinga saga, written in the 1220s by Snorri Sturluson . The historicity of the kings described in that saga is generally not accepted by modern historians. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halfdan_Hvitbeinn] IDENTITY: Halfdan Whiteleg Olafsson (son of Olaf the Woodcutter.) He was taken prisoner by Swedes and made king in Uppsala. OLAFSSON, Halfdan 'White Leg' (King of the Uplanders) He was born about 704 in Romerlike, Norway when his mother was about 19 years old and died ? in Vermaland, Norway; member of the Pagan church. He was the son of Olaf 'Tree-hewer' Ingjaldsson (King of Vermaland) and Solveig Halfdansdottir, the daughter of Halfdan 'Gold Tooth' of SWEDEN; married Asa EYSTEINSDOTTIR (the daughter of Eystein 'The Severe' of the Uplands (King of the Uplanders) and Sloveig Halfdansdottir). Children: i. Eystein of Vestfold 'The Fart' HALFDANSSON (King in Raumarlike) i. Gudrod 'The Magnificent' HALFDANSSON (King, Vestfold&Roumarlike) 27. Notes: Founded the pagan temple at Skiringssal. White Leg founded the pagan temple at Skiringssal. Those of the Swedes who had more understanding found that the dear times proceeded from there being a greater number of people on the land than it could support, and that the king could not be blamed for this. They took the resolution, therefore, to cross the Eida forest with all their men, and came quite unexpectedly into Soleyar, where they put to death King Solve, and took Halfdan Hvitbein prisoner, and made him their chief, and gave him the title of king. Thereupon he subdued Soleyar, and proceeding with his army into Raumarike, plundered there, and laid that district also in subjection by force of arms. Halfdan Hvitbein became a great king. He was married to Aasa, a daughter of Eystein the Severe, who was king of the Upland people, and ruled over Hedemark. Halfdan and Aasa had two sons, Eystein and Gudrod. Halfdan subdued a great part of Hedemark, Toten, Hadeland, and much of Westfold. He lived to be an old man, and died in his bed at Toten, from whence his body was transported to Westfold, and was buried under a mound at a place called Skaereid, at Skiringsale. So says Thjodolf: "Halfdan, esteemed by friends and foes, Receives at last life's deep repose: The aged man at last, though late, Yielded in Toten to stern fate. At Skiringsale hangs o'er his grave A rock, that seems to mourn the brave Halfdan, to chiefs and people dear, Received from all a silent tear." | |||
| 2nd marriage/ relation Solveig Halfdansdatter , daughter of Halfdan (Gulltann) Solfasson and N.N..Marriage/ Related to: Eystin (Haardaade The Severe) Throndsson King, son of Thrond and N.N..Child: | |||
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