About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Naval battles involving Denmark, Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy, Ships of the Royal Danish Navy, Absalon, Battle of Svolder, Battle of Oland, Peter Tordenskjold, Kristoffer Throndsen, Galathea expeditions, StanFlex, Royal Danish Naval Academy, List of ships of the Royal Danish Navy, Holmen naval base, Cort Adeler, Action of 13 October 1644, Battle of Heligoland, Ivar Huitfeldt class frigate, Absalon class flexible support ship, Danish ironclad Danmark, Niels Juel, Danish Naval Air Squadron, List of Danish sail battleships, HDMY Dannebrog, Corfits Ulfeldt, Jylland, Action of 16 May 1797, Peder Skram, Battle of the Helgea, Patrolships, Danish ironclad Rolf Krake, Herluf Trolle class, John Cunningham, Gabriel Kruse, Von der Tann, Danish ironclad Helgoland, Danish ironclad Tordenskjold, Lauritz Galtung, Danish ironclad Peder Skram, Danish ironclad Dannebrog, Danish ironclad Lindormen, Danish ironclad Odin, Danish ironclad Gorm, HDMS Birkholm, Battle of Jasmund, Det Kongelige danske Sokortarkiv, List of Danish sail frigates, Admiral Danish Fleet, List of battleships of Denmark, List of Danish steam battleships, List of battleships of the Royal Danish Navy, Marineregimentet. Excerpt: The Battle of Svolder (Svold, Swold) was a naval battle fought in September 999 or 1000 in the western Baltic Sea between King Olaf Tryggvason of Norway and an alliance of his enemies. The backdrop of the battle was the unification of Norway into a single state, long-standing Danish efforts to gain control of the country, and the spread of Christianity in Scandinavia. King Olaf was sailing home after an expedition to Wendland (Pomerania), when he was ambushed by an alliance of Svein Forkbeard, King of Denmark, Olaf Eiriksson, King of Sweden, and Eirik Hakonarson, Jarl of Lade. Olaf had only 11 warships in the battle against a fleet of at least 70....
