Olaf Haraldsen

Olaf Haraldsen (died c. 1143) was a Danish anti-king who ruled Scania for a few years from 1139.

[2] He was the son of Harald Kesja and thus nephew of King Eric II of Denmark.

The civil war mostly consisted of alternating raids, during which Olaf killed Bishop Rike of Roskilde, an act that saw him excommunicated by the Pope.

[4] Harald Skrænk,[5] the leader of a peasant rebellion in Scania about 1182, is said to have been Olaf's illegitimate son,[4] but their connection is unsure.

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Olaf's portrait on one of the coins minted in Lund on his behalf.