Olsok - in memory of Norway's patron saintHis cult spread quickly to other Scandinavian countries and to England as well. Therefore, last Saturday, a group of walkers on the Wirral peninsula near Liverpool, England took advantage of the glorious conditions to celebrate the areas own Viking Heritage ....by walking between 2 churches. This was the 'Olsok walk' in celeberation of St. Olave's Day - the patron saint on Norway. In Norway the St.Olave's walk is 100's of miles. -Neston's answer was a modest 13 miles from St. Mary and St. Helen's Church - which has strong connections with Norway, with some fantastic examples of Viking age stonework- to St. Olave's church in Chester. Organisers Steve Harding - Professor of Biology & Viking expert at Nottingham and Dan Robinson - former Keeper of Archaeology at the Grosvenor Museum in Chester said - 'Wirral Norsemen first tried to take Chester by force 1100 years ago. This time their intentions were entirely peaceful and the people of Chester were very welcoming - we'll be back again next year.' The main Olsok Festival in Trondheim Norway is celebrated well into August and includes a pilgrimage, which runs from Oslo to Trondheim, where he is buried. Postscript: Neston is the same name as Nesstun near Bergen in Norway - a Viking name meaning 'settlement at a promintory'.
(Harding/The Norway Post) Rolleiv Solholm
Tuesday, 29 July 2008 09:07
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