Olav Tryggvason and Sigrid the Haughty

Why it's great

According to a saga, King Olav Tryggvason asks the proud Swedish queen Sigrid to marry him and become Christian, she refuses, and he strikes her with his glove. Mårten Eskil Winge painted this tense meeting in 1868.

🏛️ Part of history

The Viking Age (793–1066) — According to a saga, King Olav Tryggvason asks the proud Swedish queen Sigrid to marry him and become Christian, she refuses, and he strikes her with his glove.

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About the artist

Mårten Eskil Winge

1825–1896 · born in Stockholm · died in Enköping

Mårten Eskil Winge was born in Stockholm and became a leading Swedish history painter. He studied in Düsseldorf and Paris and painted subjects from Norse mythology. He died in Enköping in 1896.