Olaf Rye was a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

-Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 military officer. He served as a major-general and played a decisive role in the 1849 Battle of Fredericia

Battle of Fredericia

The Battle of Fredericia was fought between soldiers of Schleswig-Holstein and Denmark on July 6, 1849 at Fredericia in Denmark. The battle was a part of the First Schleswig War, which was a conflict between Schleswig-Holstein, supported by several German states, and Denmark...

 which broke the Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...

 siege of the town. He died during this battle and is considered a Danish war hero. He is buried at the military Garrison Cemetery in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...

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His brother Johan Henrik Rye

Johan Henrik Rye

Johan Henrik Rye was a Norwegian jurist and politician.He served as County Governor of Jarlsbergs og Laurvigs amt from 1829 to 1833. He was then appointed assessor at the Supreme Court...

 was a civil servant and politician in Norway.

Olaf is also the first known ski jumper. In 1809, he launched himself 9.5 metres in the air in front of an audience of other soldiers. By 1862, ski jumpers were tackling much larger jumps, travelling longer and competing in ski jumping contests.

Places and things named in his honour

• The Danish KFOR camp in Kosovo
  Kosovo
  Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
  
  , Camp Olaf Rye.
• One of the two barracks in Fredericia
  Fredericia
  Fredericia is a town located in Fredericia municipality in the eastern part of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark, in a sub-region known locally as Trekanten, or The Triangle...
  
  , Ryes Kaserne.
• A square in Oslo
  Oslo
  Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
  
  , Norway, Olaf Ryes plass
  Olaf Ryes plass
  Olaf Ryes plass is a square and park placed centrally in the Grünerløkka borough of Oslo, Norway. It is more or less quadratic in shape.-History:...
  
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• One of the lodges in the Fredericia chapter of the Odd Fellow
  Independent Order of Odd Fellows
  The Independent Order of Odd Fellows , also known as the Three Link Fraternity, is an altruistic and benevolent fraternal organization derived from the similar British Oddfellows service organizations which came into being during the 18th century, at a time when altruistic and charitable acts were...
  
   Order.
• A street in Bergen, Norway, Olaf Ryes vei.
• A street in Kongsberg, Norway, Ryes gate.
• A street in Odense, Denmark, Olaf Ryes Gade.
• A street in Copenhagen, Denmark,
• A street in Århus, Denmark,
• A street in AAlborg, Denmark,