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Olaf (Geirstade) Gudrødsson (van Vestfold), geb. FROM ± 770 TO ± 785 te Vestfold (?)(Noorwegen), ovl. ± 840 te verm. Geirstad (Noorwegen), Bron Stridlund.se IJsland, Bron Planete Genealogie, Bron Geneanet IJsland, Bron American pictures, Bron Wikitree IJsland, Bron Wingetgenealogy IJsland
Voor verdere voorouders zie: http://www.planete-genealogie.fr/tessaone/genealogie_de_michel_janssens/fiche/individu/?IndiID=206519 en
http://carina.stridlund.se/hellbomwebb/pb58cb5d3.html

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Olaf Gudrodsson, or as he was named after his death Olaf Geirstad-Alf, was a legendary Norwegian king of the House of Yngling from the Ynglinga saga. He was the son of Gudrod the Hunter and the brothe r of Halfdan the Black. Gudrod and Olaf conquered a large part of Raumarike.

Gudrod died when Olaf was twenty years old and he and Halfdan divided their kingdom between them. Olaf took the southern part and resided in Geirstad. They only inherited Vestfold because Alfgeir took Vingulmark for himself and made his son Gandalf Alfgeirsson its king.

The Ynglinga saga relates that Olaf was a skillful man and a great warrior. He was also handsome, big and strong. He was the father of Ragnvald the Mountain-High.

During the reigns of Olaf and Halfdan the Black, Varmland started to pay tribute to the Swedish king Erik Anundsson instead.

He died of illness. Tjodolf of Hvin sang about him:

Long while this branch of Odin's stem
Was the stout prop of Norway's realm;
Long while King Olaf with just pride
Ruled over Westfold far and wide.
At length by cruel gout oppressed,
The good King Olaf sank to rest:
His body now lies under ground,
Buried at Geirstad, in the mound.

After his death, he was worshipped as an elf, and was called the Geirstad-alf (the "elf of Geirstad").

A hypothesis identifies Geirstad with Gjerstad near Gokstad, and his burial with the Gokstad Ship.
met:
... (?) , geb. te (...), ovl. te (...)
Het is niet helemaal duidelijk of Helgi, dan wel broer Ragnvald met Thora is getrouwd. Voor de afstamming van Thora doet eea niet ter zake
1) Ragnvald (de Glorieuze) Olafsson (van Vestfold), geb. FROM ± 795 TO ± 800 te verm. Noorwegen, ovl. ± 850 te (...), Bron American pictures, Bron Geneanet IJsland, Bron Planete Genealogie met:
Thora Sigurđsdóttir, geb. ± 800 te verm. Denemarken, ovl. te (...), Bron Wikitree IJsland, Bron Geneanet IJsland, Bron Planete Genealogie, dochter van Sigurđ (Slangeoog) Ragnarsson en Heluna Ealhmundsdr. Ealhmundsdr. (van Wessex en Kent)
Thora is 3x getrouwd, zie: http://www.planete-genealogie.fr/tessaone/genealogie_de_michel_janssens/fiche/individu/?IndiID=206838
2) Helgi Olafsson, geb. ± 802 te Dublin (Ierland), ovl. te (...), Bron Wingetgenealogy IJsland met:
Thora Sigurđsdóttir, geb. ± 806 te Jutland (Denemarken), ovl. te (...), Bron Wingetgenealogy IJsland
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