In the game's more than 70-year history, various instructors, actors, amateurs and volunteers have taken part in performing this story and putting their own stamp on Olav Gullvåg's text and Paul Okkenhaug's music. As the producer responsible for the game, Stiklestad National Cultural Center is concerned that the story is told and performed in different ways, so that we can feel both the tradition and how this affects us today. The stories told in the game are about the big turning point: after Olav's fall, Norway as a kingdom is no longer questioned. The consequences after 1030 are of such a nature that we will celebrate the national jubilee in 2030 - Norway for a thousand years.

In the performance, we meet both the close and the big stories: societal change, change of faith, change of mentality. Everyday life on the farm is challenged by big politics, and the most vulnerable individual meets the king. After Olav has ridden into the farmyard, life will not be the same...