Person:Olaf Geirstad-Alf (1)
Olaf Geirstad-Alf _____
b.Abt 770 Vestfold, Norway
d.840 Vestfold, Norway
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m. 815
  1. Olaf Geirstad-Alf _____Abt 770 - 840
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  • H.  Olaf Geirstad-Alf _____Abt 770 - 840
  • W.  Lifa Vestfold772 - 840
m. 815
  1. Rognvald Olafsson _____790 - 850
  2. Helgi OlafssonAbt 802 -
  3. Olafsson _____814 -
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Name Olaf Geirstad-Alf _____
Alt Name Olaf Gudrodsson
Alt Name Olaf Gudrodson
Gender Male
Birth[2] Abt 770 Vestfold, Norway
Alt Birth? 800 Vestfold, Norway
Marriage 815 Vestfold,,,Norwayto Lifa Vestfold
Alt Marriage Abt 815 Of, , Vestfold Norwayto Lifa Vestfold
Death[2] 840 Vestfold, Norway
Reference Number? Q2560871?
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Olaf Gudrødsson (c. 810 – c. 860), known after his death as Olaf Geirstad-Alf "Olaf, Elf of Geirstad" (Old Norse Ólaf Geirstaða Álfr), was a semi-legendary petty king in Norway. A member of the House of Yngling, he was the son of Gudrød the Hunter and according to the late Heimskringla, a half-brother of Halfdan the Black. Gudrød and Olaf ruled a large part of Raumarike. The Þáttr Ólafs Geirstaða Alfs in Flateyjarbók records a fantastical story of how he was worshipped after his death and on his own instructions, his body was then decapitated so that he could be reborn as Olaf II of Norway (St. Olaf).

Two not necessarily conflicting hypotheses identify Geirstad with Gjerstad, formerly Geirekstad in Agder, and with Gokstad (possibly also a contraction of Geirekstad) in Vestfold, the location of the mound Gokstadhaugen, where the Gokstad Ship was excavated. The theory that Olaf thus had a connection with the ship burial is unproven.

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References
  1.   Olaf Geirstad-Alf, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners. (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1992, 2nd ed.)
    p.123.
  3.   GEDCOM file imported on 30 Mar 1999..
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