• @Oisteink
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    44 days ago

    No

    No - this might refer to the danish king svein tjugeskjegg We had an norwegian king olav there in the 990’s

    • @PugJesusOPM
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      44 days ago

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_II_of_Norway#Reign

      Skaldic poetry suggests he led a successful seaborne attack that took down London Bridge, though Anglo-Saxon sources do not confirm this. This may have been in 1014, restoring London and the English throne to Æthelred the Unready and removing Cnut.[19]

      • @KnitWit
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        4 days ago

        Can you imagine growing up with the name of Cnut, kids can be so mean!