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'''Ólafs ríma Haraldssonar''' is a 14th century ''ríma'' by Einarr Gilsson on the career of Saint Óláfr Haraldsson of Norway.
The work is preserved in ''Flateyjarbók'', from around 1390, and was probably composed a couple of decades earlier. The narrative follows the account of Óláfr's life in ''Heimskringla'', focusing on the Battle of Stiklestad and Óláfr's miracles after his death. The work is literary though the diction is simple. The ''ríma'' consists of 65 ''ferskeytt'' verses. There is no ''mansöngr''.
''Ólafs ríma'' is often considered the earliest ''ríma''.

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★ Poole, Russell G. (1991). ''Viking Poems on War and Peace''. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802067891