| Name | Olaf "the Tree Hewer (woodcutter)" INGJALDSSON "King of Vermaland/Vestfold" |
| Birth | abt 0695, Varmland, SWEDEN |
| Death | abt 0715, SWEDEN Age: 20 |
| Occupation | Royalty |
| Cause of death | Sacrificed |
| Father | Ingjald Braut-Onundsson "the Ill-Advised" de VARMLAND "King of Sweden" (0679-0723) |
| Mother | Gauthild Algautsdottir de GAUTLAND (0680-) |
| 1 | Solveig HALFDANSDOTTIR |
| Birth | abt 0698, Hedmark, NORWAY |
| Death | SWEDEN |
| Father | Halfdan "Gold Tooth" "of Sweden" GULDAND (~0665-) |
| Children | Halfdan/Halvden "White Leg" (0715-) |
Olaf "Trekalia" INGJALDSSON - The Wood Cutter "Olaf, the son of Ingjald the Ill-Advised, king in Sweden, cleared Vermaland. He was called Olaf the Tree-Feller. He was fostered in West Gautland by a man named Bofi. Bofi's son was named Saxi, who was called the Plunderer. Olaf's mother was Gauthild, the daughter of King Algaut, who was the son of King Gautrek the Mild, son of Gaut, after whom Gautland is named. Alof was the mother of Gauthild, daughter of King Olaf the Clear-Sighted, king in Naeriki. At that time, Ivar Widegrasp had conquered all Denmark and Sweden, and so Olaf and a great multitude of his folk fled, and were proclaimed outlaws by King Ivar. They went north to Vaeni, and cleared the forests and settled in a large area that they called Vermaland, and the Swedes elected Olaf the Tree-Feller, and he was their king until old age." - [1]
[He] sacrificed his own people in time of famine. The last Yngling ruler of Uppsala. - [2]
When Olaf, King Ingjald's son, heard of his father's end, he went with the men who chose to follow him to Nerike; for all the Swedish community rose with one accord to drive out Ingjald's family and all his friends. Now, when the Swedes got intelligence of him he could not remain there, but went on westwards, through the forest, to a river which comes from the north and falls into the Venner lake, and is called Klar river. There they sat themselves down, turned to and cleared the woods, burnt, and then settled there. Soon there were great districts; which altogether were called Vermeland; and a good living was to be made there. Now when it was told of Olaf, in Sweden, that he was clearing the forests, they laughed at his proceedings, and called him the Tree-feller. Olaf got a wife called Solva, or Solveig, a daughter of Halfdan Guldtand, westward in Soleyar. Halfdan was a son of Solve Solvarson, who was a son of Solve the Old, who first settled on these islands. Olaf Tree-feller's mother was called Gauthild, and her mother was Alov, daughter of Olaf the Sharp-sighted, king in Nerike. Olaf and Solva had two sons: Ingjald and Halfdan. Halfdan was brought up in Soleyar, in the house of his mother's brother Solve, and was called Halfdan Hvitbein.
There were a great many people who fled the country from Sweden, on account of King Ivar; and when they heard that King Olaf had got good lands in Vermeland, so great a number came there to him that the land could not support them. Then there came dear times and famine, which they ascribed to their king; as the Swedes used always to reckon good or bad crops for or against their kings. The Swedes took it amiss that Olaf was sparing in his sacrifices, and believed the dear times must proceed from this cause. The Swedes therefore gathered together troops, made an expedition against King Olaf, surrounded his house and burnt him in it, giving him to Odin as a sacrifice for good crops. This happened at the Venner lake. Thus tells Thjodolf of it:
"The temple wolf, by the lake shores,
The corpse of Olaf now devours.
The clearer of the forests died
At Odin's shrine by the lake side.
The glowing flames stripped to the skin
The royal robes from the Swedes' king.
Thus Olaf, famed in days of yore,
Vanished from earth at Venner's shore." - [3]
[1] - http://freespace.virgin.net/c.crane/Ancient/Ancient.htm
[2] - http://www.whosyomama.com/gabroaddrick3/19/10967.htm
[3] - http://lind.no/nor/index.asp?vis=s_e_ynglingesoga
[ ] - http://home.earthlink.net/~artdugan/Trowbridge%20Vikings.htm