Olaf Tryggvason was born in 964CE and was son to Tryggvi Olafsson and great grandson to Harald Hárfagri.
Before he was born his father was slain by the current norwegian ruler Harald Graycloak. After this Olaf and his mother fled to the court of Vladimir grand prince of Kiev and all of Russia. Olaf was trained as a warrior here and rose to the rank of c…
