The year is 1030 AD. Olaf Haraldsson is trying to reclaim the throne as King of Norway. With the help of Swedish king Anund Jacob, he and 3600 soldiers traveled from Dalarna through the Norwegian countryside, and comes to Sticklestad, about 80 KM north of the modern city of Trondheim. Here he met some farmers.
Or, more precisely, an army of farmers.
About 15,000 of them, all opposed to the idea of the Christian king returning to the throne.
At the end of the day, Olaf was dead. But that was not the end of the story. Olaf’s followers dug up his body from near the battlefield about a year later. They found the body incorrupt. More miracles followed, and in 1164, he was declared St. Olaf. By that time, he had become a symbol of Norwegian independance and pride, and is credited for the Christianization of Norway.
Those who fought through the Norwegian fjords to find this place before the hint:
- Martin de Bock
- Paul Voestermans
- Garfield
- hhgygy
- Lighthouse
- Graham Hedley
- Eloy Cano
- Bas van Limpt
- Angie CF
and after the hint:
- bernd
- Phil Ower