Olav

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The given name Olav (Olaf, Olof, Olaus), the name of Saint Olav, patron of Norway, has also been borne by a number of other Norwegian kings. Conventions of spelling remain quite fluid, the original Old Norse forms are Óláfr/Ólafr, while Norwegian uses both Olaf and Olav, but predominantly Olav, and Swedish most often using Olaf or Olof.

• Olaf I of Norway (969 – September 9, 1000)
• Olaf II of Norway, Saint Olav, king 1015–1028
• Olaf III of Norway, king 1067–1093
• Olaf Magnusson, 1103–1110
• Olaf IV of Norway, king 1370 – August 23, 1387
• Olav V of Norway, king 1957–1991

In its latinized form Olaf usually comes out as Olaus or Olaüs, as is the case for Olaf Petersson (a disciple of Martin Luther and one of the first preachers of the Reformation in Renaissance Sweden), who is also known as Olaus Petri.

There are also Olof-Olaf variants for pre-Christian or early Christian Swedish kings of the 10th century, such as the properly baptized Olof of Sweden.

In general, to find information on men with "Olav/Olaf/Olof/Olaus" as their first name, look up their full names.

Also see:-

• Olaf Sihtricson, known in sagas as Olaf the Red (died c. 981), Danish King of Northumbria (940-944, 949-952) and King of Dublin (944-949, 952-980).

The name is recorded in Anglo-Saxon as Anlaf and Unlaf, and in Old Irish as Amlaíb; it seems to have come from Common Germanic Anulaifaz.

See also: List of Norwegian monarchs, List of Swedish monarchs

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OLAF in the European Union is an acronym for the Office Europeen de Lutte Anti-Fraude, the European Anti-Fraud Office.

"Count Olaf" is a fictional character in the series of novels A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket.

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