Olof the Brash

Olof the Brash
Reignc. 900
PredecessorHelge
SuccessorGyrd and Gnupa
Born9th century
DynastyHouse of Olaf
ReligionNorse paganism

Olof was, according to Adam of Bremen, a Swedish chieftain who conquered Denmark c. 900 and founded the House of Olaf. Evidence for his historicity is only circumstantial, since he belongs to a period of Danish history when very little is known from textual sources.

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