Battle of Svolder
The Battle of Svolder was a naval battle fought in September 999 or 1000 in the western Baltic Sea. King Olaf Tryggvason of Norway was ambushed by an alliance of Svein Forkbeard, King of Denmark, Olof Skötkonung,. King of Sweden, and Eirik Hákonarson, Jarl of Lade. Olaf had only 11 warships in the battle against a fleet of at least...
