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 | | Olsok 2003, July 26 - July 29 2003. | | | Olsok: The Feast of Saint Olav - 29th July | | | The sea, where our forefathers sailed in open boats — to The Faeroes, The Orkneys and The Shetland, The Hebrides and The Isle of Man, Iceland, Greenland and Norway. |
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http://www.kirken.no/english/news.cfm?artid=9432
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| | July 29, 2001 |
| | The death of King Olav Haraldsson on 29 July 1030 at Stiklestad became a turning point. | | | The day became an important holy day in the Middle Ages and was named "Olsok" or "Olavsvake" which means "be a'wake". | | | During that night the church celebrated the Olav's Mass. |
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http://www.mindekirken.org/Sermon/English/july_29,_2001.htm
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| | Dignatories attending include the Lord Mayor of Chester, the Mayoress of Wirral & her Consort, and the Mayor and Mayoress of Ellesmere Port and Neston. | | | Dignatories attending include the Mayoress of Wirral and her Consort. | | | This day is still commemorated in Norway with the "Olsok" or St. Olave's Festival (see the events calendar above for July/August 2001 and 2002) and is preceded by a series of festivities and a Pilgrimage from Oslo to Trondheim. |
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http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve
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| | Olsok - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Olsok (literally "St.Olaf's Wake") is a name for July 29th, supposedly the date of the Battle of Stiklestad in 1030, and of the death of St. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olsok
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| | Olsok : search word |
| | Doost thou stand there and see us all weep, and not. | | | '''Olsok''', literally "St.Olaf's Wake" is a name for date July 29th. |
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http://www.searchword.org/ol/olsok.html
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| | OFD - The celebration of Olsok and the St. Olav Vigil |
| | The Roman Catholic Church holds a mass in the Nidaros Cathedral. | | | The Olsok High Mass will as usual be held at 11 AM. | | | OFD - The celebration of Olsok and the St. Olav Vigil |
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http://www.olavsfestdagene.no/psmaler/artikkel.asp?thisId=1016717727&language=english
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| | LMF: Norwegian Forest Cat meeting, Poznan 1998: Part 1 - NFO X-color discussion |
| | This 'experimental' pedigree was issued by the Deutscher Katzenclub e.V. in 1983. | | | The Russian Blue reference is to a so-called Norsk Skaukatt named Olsok fra Drømmeskogen in whose pedigree 7 of the 16 spaces in the 5th generation are filled with Russian Blues. | | | Once the questionable ancestors have disappeared off the great-great-grandparent end of the pedigree, a bit of detective work is required to uncover them. |
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http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/L_P_swepston/Poznan98.htm
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| | The Beeline - Sands of Time: July |
| | Mick Jagger is born in Kent, England, 1943 | | | Rain Day in Waynesburg, PA Olsok Eve in Norway to commemorate Norway's Viking King St. Olav |
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http://bton.com/sidebar/sands/july.html
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| | Øyvind and GI Tryti's home page |
| | The weekend of Olsok (July 29) of 2002, the Sacred Heart Filipino Chaplaincy went on a pilgrimage to Stiklestad, to visit the death place of Olav den Hellige (St. Olav), and to watch the out-door show depicting the life and death of St. Olav. | | | The oblong weekend of May 24 to 27 2002, Chinkee, Ate Fely, GI and Øyvind went for a trip to Bergen, driving over the mountains and back. |
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http://www.mejiatryti.com/FamilyStuff.html
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| | Not So Normal News |
| | Olsok means the wake of St. Olaf, in memory of king Olaf Haraldsson who brought Christianity to Norway and who fell at the battle of Stiklestad on July 29 1030. | | | The weather on St Olaf's Day was said to portend how it would be for the coming autumn. | | | Olsok has gained new importance more recently as a day when local history groups and clubs enact historical plays and hold services at places of special historical interest. |
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http://djshane.blogspot.com/2005/07/we-celebrate-today.html
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| | Tucson Meet Yourself, Performances, Performers, Music Songs Dances |
| | Various sources refer to mid-summer, Jonsok, and Olsok, or St. Olaf's day as times of dancing. | | | Local, regional and national competitions provide opportunities for people to dance bygdedans as a part of the competition and in the evenings for fun. |
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http://www.tucsonmeetyourself.org/Performances/Scandinavian.html
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| | deseretnews.com Spinebenders new books |
| | The book on Norway deals with Lucia Day, Christmas, Constitution Day, Easter, Olsok, Midsummer, the Northern Lights Festival, Barnas Children's Festival, and All Saints Day. |
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http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600117176,00.html
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| | Calendar Event |
| | Olsok Eve Festival honors Saint Olaf, Patron Satin of Norway, on his feast day. | | | Known in the USA as Norway Day and observed by Norwegian-Americans. |
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http://www.ec-t.com/DailyUpdate/calendar_event.aspx?ID=1292
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| | Arrangement Olsok |
| | The event originally celebrated St Olav the Holy, who fell at the Battle of Stiklestad on 29 July 1030. | | | During the day, the Lom Village Museum will have an open house, with demonstrations of old handwork. | | | The Olsok celebrations in Lom are a tradition dating back to the 1920s. |
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http://www.visitlom.com/english/engarrangement/engarrangeolsok.htm
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| | St Olav Festival underway - Aftenposten.no |
| | Flags were flying all over Norway on Friday, since July 29 is the day called Olsok, set aside to honor the legendary St Olav. | | | Nowhere, perhaps, is the day more celebrated than in Trondheim, where residents started hosting their annual summer festival literally known as "Olav's Days." | | | Advice and resources to help you find your Norwegian roots. |
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http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article1088125.ece
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| | Wilson's Blogmanac: Õlavsøka Eve, Faroe Islands |
| | Ólavsøka, or Olsok, on July 29 is the national holiday of the Faroe Islands, and today is its eve, featuring a cavalcade and boat races. |
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http://wilsonsalmanac.blogspot.com/2005/07/lavska-eve-faroe-islands.html
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| | Flag days - Norway |
| | 29 - Olsok, St. Olav's Day [St. Olav is the patron saint of Norway] |
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http://flagspot.net/flags/no-fdays.html
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| | The Writer's Almanac from American Public Media |
| | Today is the birthday of evening-news anchor Peter Jennings, born in Toronto, Canada, in 1938. | | | In Norway it's Olsok, St. Olaf's Day, commemorating the Viking king killed in battle on this day in 1030 at Stiklestad, Norway. |
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http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/programs/1996/07/29
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| | Proposal |
| | This will become a major International attraction, a shorter satellite pilgrimage (22mile) following on from the Oslo-Trondheim (300mile) mammoth event. | | | Creation of an annual “Wirral Olsok” Pilgrimage Trail (first weekend in August). | | | A shortened trail would also be made available. Tours would be self or as conducted parties. *Indicates for conducted tours only: advance notice has to be given to St. Bridget’s Church, the Water Board (Cross Hill Reservoir car park), Storeton Farm, Wirral Grammar School (or Brackenwood Golf Club), the Lancelyn Green family, and Tranmere FC. |
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http://www.your-adviser.com/other/friends/vikings.html
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| | Light Reading - i sing of Olaf glad and big - Telecom Blog |
| | Known, for some obscure reason, as "Olsok Eve" in Norway (known, in turn, as "Norge" in Norway), the celebration commemorates the martyrdom in 1030 of Norway's patron saint, known affectionately to his newly converted subjects as King Olaf the Fat. |
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http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=78225
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| | Espedalen Fjell Hotel |
| | The last week in July we are celebrating the olsok with a concert in the mountain church and a fire near to the lake. | | | We have a offer to the guest to go to Geiranger fjord to se the cruise-ships is in fjord. |
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http://www.espedalenfjellhotel.no/english/aktiviteter.htm
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| | OFD - Historical Fair |
| | Celebrating Olsok is a deeply rooted tradition in | | | During the Olsok celebration, people would travel from distant places to Nidaros in order to atone for their sins, and also to exchange and sell goods. | | | In modern times, the St. Olav Festival Historical Fair has been arranged since 1992. |
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http://www.olavsfestdagene.no/marked?language=english
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| | Norwill - Porridge |
| | Sour cream porridge is often used at celebrations to commemorate certain days, such as Mid Summer Night, Olsok, weddings, communions, 17th of May, etc. | | | Serve hot with butter, sugar, cinnamon and spekemat (cured lamb or pork). |
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http://www.norwill.com/productlist.asp?cat=72&id=353
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