King Oláfr Geirstad-Alf GUDRODSSON

Abt 800 - 840  (~ 40 years)

• Name	Oláfr Geirstad-Alf GUDRODSSON
  Prefix	King
  Birth	Abt 800	Vestfold, Norway
  Gender	Male
  _HASHTAG	KING
  	Designated Royal King
  _UID	3010F0D4C25640F080EE223F6F4DACC548D7
  Death	840
  Person ID	I513	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2022

  
  

  Father	King Gudrod Veiðikonung HALFDANSSON,   b. Abt 780, Holtum, Vestfold, Norway d. 821, Sogn, Oppland, Norway (Age ~ 41 years)
  Mother	Àlfhild ALFARINSDÓTTIR   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1st Marriage
  Family ID	F326	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. King Rognvald Olafsson HEIDUMHAERE, Of Vestfold,   b. Abt 820, Agder, Jutland/Jylland, Denmark d. 850, Scandinavia (Norway) (Age ~ 30 years)
  Family ID	F325	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Olaf Gudrodson came to the kingdom after his father, but only to Vestfold, for King Alfgeir took all Vingulmark to himself, and placed his son Gandalf over it † death in Geirstad.·He died, in his main residence, of a disease in his foot (gout). event ·a great warrior, and an able man; and was besides remarkably handsome, very strong and large of growth burial in Geirstad.·He was laid under a mound at Geirstad. So sings Thjodolf: -- "Long while this branch of Odin's stem Was the stout prop of Norway's realm; Long while King Olaf with just pride Ruled over Westfold far and wide. At length by cruel gout oppressed, The good King Olaf sank to rest: His body now lies under ground, Buried at Geirstad, in the mound." event ·about twenty years old when his father, Gudrod, died event·lost Värmland, and it's scatt (tax revenue), to the Swedish king event ·divided the kingdom of his father's, now that his brother Halfdan was eighteen and had the kingdom with him, and Olaf got the eastern and Halfdan the southern part