Saint-Olav Part 3: The Missing Saint: The 500-Year Cold Case
The Canonization, the Pilgrimages, and the Great Mystery: Where is He Now?
On August 3, 1031, exactly one year and five days after the bloody Battle of Stiklestad, Bishop Grimkjell ordered a grave to be opened on the sandy banks of the Nidelva River. The body inside belonged to Olav Haraldsson, the deposed and defeated King of Norway. According to the sagas, when the coffin was opened a year later, a sweet fragrance filled the air. The king’s cheeks were red, as if he were merely sleeping, and his hair and nails had continued to grow. With this miraculous revelation, the Viking warlord was officially declared a saint. The transformation was complete: Olav the Stout was now Olav den Hellige, Saint Olav, the Eternal King of Norway (Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae).
Nidaros Cathedral (Nidarosdomen). Built over the burial site of King Olav Haraldsson, it remains the most important pilgrimage destination in Scandinavia and the site of Norway’s greatest unsolved historical mystery: where are the saint’s remains? (Bjørn Erik Pedersen/CC BY-SA 4.0)
For the next five hundred years, Olav’s remains were the spiritual and political center of Northern Europe. Yet today, the location of his body is one of history’s greatest mysteries. The search for Saint Olav is a 500-year-old cold case, a tale of religious upheaval, hidden graves, and the ongoing quest to find Norway’s holy grail.
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