Olav
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Olav, Olaf, Olof, Olaus, Olaüs, or Anlaf may refer to:
- OLAF, also Olaf, (French acronym for Office Européen de Lutte Anti-Fraude) the "European Anti-Fraud Office"
People:
- Olaf I of Norway, 969 – September 9, 1000
- Olaf II of Norway, Saint Olav, king 1015–1028
- Olaf III of Norway, king 1067–1093
- Olaf Magnusson, 1103–1110
- Olaf IV of Norway, king 1370 – August 23, 1387
- Olav V of Norway, king 1957–1991
- Olaf I of Denmark, king 1086–1095
- Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden, assassinated in 1986
- Olaus Petri, clergyman and writer
- Olof of Sweden
- Olaf Stapledon, writer and philosopher
- Olof van der Meulen, Dutch volleyball player
- Olaf Sihtricson, Norse-Gael king of Northumbria and king of Dublin
- Olaf III Guthfrithson, king of Dublin
- Olaf Van Cleef, Dutch painter from Paris, France
- Olof Mellberg, association footballer for Juventus F.C. and the Swedish national team.
- Count Olaf, fictional character in the series of novels A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
In Norse-Gael and Gaelic context, Olaf is given as Amlaíb, and either may refer to:
- Amlaíb of Scotland, king of Alba in the 870s
- Amlaíb Conung, king of Dublin 853–874
Other:
- St. Olaf College, a liberal arts college in Northfield, MN
- St. Olaf's Castle, 15th century castle in Savonlinna, Finland
- St. Olaf, Minnesota, the fictitious hometown of Rose Nylund on the TV sitcom The Golden Girls
- OLAF (politics), an acronym for "Office Europeen de Lutte Anti-Fraude", the European Anti-Fraud Office
- Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav
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