The Olav Tryggvasson monument
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Olav Tryggvasson was Norway's king from 995 to 1000 and is considered the city's founder. The monument is 18 meters high, and the sculpture where Olav is enthroned at the top is wearing a sword and the severed head of Tor the God. It will symbolize the end of the pagan era in Norway and the start of the Christianization of society. Olav Tryggvasson was formerly a Viking chief and sources link him to many Viking voyages, including a voyage where he traveled as a Viking to England with 93 ships. He plundered his way from Sandwich, through Ipswich, to Maldon. He later attacked London with 94 ships, and the English king finally made a peace treaty with Olav and his men. In Norway, the then king, Håkon Sigurdsson Ladejarl, was treacherously killed by his own people, and Olav took over as king when he returned. He was married to the Danish princess Tyra Haraldsdatter. Her father was Harald Bluetooth. Olav Tryggvasson died in a naval battle in the year 999, only approx. 40 years old. The monument to Olav Tryggvasson was designed by the sculptor Wilhelm Rasmussen and was erected in the Market Square in Trondheim in 1921.