Tryggve Olafsson
Tryggve Olafsson (d.
963) (
Old Norse:
Tryggvi Ã"lafsson, Norwegian:
Tryggve Olavsson) was king of
Viken (
Vingulmark and
Ranrike). He was the son of
Olaf Haraldsson, king of
Vestfold, and grandson of
Harald Fairhair.
According to
Heimskringla, Tryggve ravaged in
Ireland and
Scotland, and performed viking cruises in the West sea. In
946 king
HÃ¥kon went north, and set Trygve over Viken to defend that country against enemies. He gave him also in property all that he could reconquer of the country in
Denmark, which the summer before king HÃ¥kon had subjected to payment of scat to him.
Tryggve was killed by
Eirik Bloodaxe's son
Harald Greyhide as part of Haralds effort to re-unite all of Norway under his rule.
Tryggve's son,
Olaf Tryggvason, later became king of
Norway, and his daughter
Ingeborg Tryggvasdotter married
Ragnvald Ulfsson, the
earl of
Västergötland and later the ruler of
Staraja Ladoga.
