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Originally Posted by Brother Alex
The king of Norway's name isn't Onan, it's Harald. I'm talking about Onan, the sinner who angered the Lord by spilling his seed. Genesis 38:9-10: And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
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Onan has nothing to do with the Faroe Islands. The faroese national holiday Ólavsøka/Olai/Olsok/St. Olaf's Wake, is named after St. Olaf, a king that reigned in Norway.