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Ormen långe took part in the battle of Svolder
Filed Under (english, Historia) by Targenor on 08-06-2010
Tagged Under : Acording, Heimskringla, king, ship, work
If you are to belive the Icelandic writer Snorre Sturlasson the Ormen Långe has played a big part of the Scandinavian history. In his work ”Heimskringla” he says that Ormen Långe was the biggest ship that ever was built. Acording to estimations made in later years the ship was about 50 meters long and had a crew about 130 men.
He also writes about the ships owner the norwegian king Olav Tryggvason. King Olav had himself baptised in England and worked for the baptism of Norway. He was succesfull until he insulted Sigrid Storråda of Sweden ( widow of the Swedish king) when she refused to become baptised. Sigfrid wanted revenge and got help from her new husband Sven Tveskägg that where king of Denmark, and her son the Swedish king Olof Skötkonung and the Norwegian man Eirik Håkonsen.
Olav Tryggvason was on his way home whit Ormen Långe when his enemys turned up along Svolder (close to Rügen). It become a big seabattle, that would taken part around year 1000, the norweigans showed great effort even if they where outnumbred. When king Olav thoungt alongside the archer Einar Tambaskjelves side and the bow broke, Olav asked what had happened, and the answer where ”Norway just left your hands my king” Shortly after Olav relaised that the fight was over, through himself in to the sea and drowned, acording to Snorre Sturlasson.
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