A monument to Yaroslav the Wise's daughter has been unveiled in Oslo, symbolizing her Ukrainian origins and the long-standing ties between Ukraine and Norway
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Portrait of Harald in the town hall of Lervik, Fr. Shetland. Elizaveta Yaroslavna, fresco from St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev. Wikipedia.
A monument to Queen Elizabeth Yaroslavna of Norway, daughter of Yaroslav the Wise and wife of Norwegian King Harald Hardrada, was recently unveiled in Oslo's Harald Hardrådes plass square.
The monument to Harald III Hardrada in Oslo was erected on October 26, 1905. And 120 years later, a monument to his wife, Queen Elizabeth Yaroslavna of Kiev, was erected next to it.
Finally, they are together!
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