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![Show Contents]() Olaf History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Norway Sweden
The origin of the distinguished Olaf family can be traced to the historic Scandinavian country of Sweden. The surname Olaf is derived from the Scandianavian personal name Oleifr, which also took the forms Olaf, Olof, and Olav. This name is composed of the elements ans, which means god, and leifr, which means relic. The suffix -sson and its variants are translatable as son of.
| Contemporary Notables of the name Olaf (post 1700) | + |
- Erwin Olaf (1959-2023), born as Erwin Olaf Springveld, was a Dutch photographer from Hilversum
- Erwin Olaf Springveld (1959-2023), professionally known as Erwin Olaf, was a Dutch photographer from Hilversum
- Major Jocelyn Olaf Hambro (1919-1994), English merchant banker, horsebreeder and philanthropist, Chairman of Hambros Bank from 1965 to 1972
- Peter Olaf Gooderham (b. 1954), British diplomat, British Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva (2008–2012)
- Carl Olaf Bue Jr. (b. 1922), American politician, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, 1970-87; Took senior status 1987 1
- Jan Olaf Immel (b. 1976), German gold medalist team handball player at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Torbern Olaf Bergman (1735-1784), Swedish chemist and mineralogist, eponym of Bergman, a small lunar impact crater
- Carlos Olaf Heredia (b. 1957), Mexican football goalkeeper
- Peter Olaf Debes (1845-1914), Norwegian politician
- Andrew Olaf Devold, American politician, Member of Minnesota State House of Representatives 32nd District, 1915-18; Member of Minnesota State Senate 32nd District, 1919-26 2
| Historic Events for the Olaf family | + |
- Dahl Mr. Olaf, aged 46, English Third Class passenger from London who sailed aboard the RMS Titanic and Survived the sinking in collapsible C but later died C 3
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