Torden Ola

Torden Ola is fameous for starting The Wagon Rebellion. He have his nickname from his fury when his farm Olastad was confiscated in 902.

Ola got the farm Olastad from his father, and he planned to pass it on to his oldest son one day. The Governor of the province, however figured that he wanted to buil an estate, and found out that the location of Olastad was the ideal place- partly due to it's close location to Naumfagård. At first he tried to buy the farm from Ola, but Ola refused to sell it.The Governor offered more money, so much that is was more than the value of the farm, but Ola still refused. The Governor then ordered the local garrison to confiscate the farm. Torden Ola was furious, and together with his neighbor farmers, he started what is known as The Wagon Rebellion.

The rebellion was strictly punished, and Torden Ola, his wife and all five of their children- the youngest is said to have been a four year old girl were all executed at the farm in 902. According to the legend, Ola also had a bastard son who survived, who Einar Eiriksønn Langskjegg claims to be an descendent from.