Talk:Olaf III of Norway

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Olaf Kyrres[edit]

What does Kyrres mean?--The Emperor's New Spy (talk) 06:44, 20 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Self-mutilation legend[edit]

I remember reading a story in Ripley's Believe it or Not many years ago that King Olaf III was chopping wood one day when a passerby said, "Pardon me, sire, but do you know that tomorrow will be Monday?" Horrified at his own Sabbath-breaking, the king then burned off the offending hand. I am almost certain that this is apocryphal, but does anyone know whether this is the Olaf of whom the story is told (assuming that is is!)? Kostaki mou (talk) 19:59, 2 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]