2021-04-05 08:46:32
Olaf Tryggvason was a viking who converted to Christianity after meeting a warrior-priest named Thangbrand.
When he became king of Norway in 995, he strove to win converts to Christ—sometimes by force, but other times by preaching.
By commissioning missionaries and baptizing visiting dignitaries, Olaf was able to introduce Christianity to the Shetland, Faroe, and Orkney islands and to Iceland and Greenland.
At an assembly in Tunsberg, King Olaf ordered the expulsion of all magicians, sorcerers, and warlocks from Norway. Those that remained were burned to death or drowned.
Later that year, at Maerin, he entered a pagan temple filled with idols, which he and his men knocked from their pedestals.
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