# Olaf Tryggvason in Norway (995)

URL: https://christianity-history.com/timeline/995-olaf-tryggvason-in-norway
Location: Norway
Themes: Mission

Olaf Tryggvason, baptised abroad, returns to become king of Norway and campaigns forcefully to Christianise the country and the Norse settlements of the North Atlantic. He dies at the Battle of Svolder in 1000. At this point in the timeline (995), the Bishop of Rome was Pope John XV (20 August 985 – 1 April 996).

## Why it matters
His campaigns pushed Norway, Orkney, Iceland and Greenland toward Christianity.

Pope at the time: [Pope John XV](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-john-xv)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Olaf Tryggvason](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_Tryggvason)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Olaf Tryggvason in Norway](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Olaf+Tryggvason+in+Norway)
- [Wikipedia — Medieval Church (period overview)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Catholic_Church#Middle_Ages)