An eBay seller claims this sword is a casted mould of the sword owned by St. Olaf. Does anyone have any pictures of the original sword if it indeed does exist?

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Yes, the sword is styled much later than what most viking swords appear as, but the same goes for a brazil nut pommel which the vikings also invented. Albion's gaddjhalt does not look much like a viking to me because of the blade length of almost 36 inches, but there are examples found. Really the only things that attract the attention on the before mentioned pice are the smaller fuller on the blade and the wheel pommel.

Oakeshott mentions St Olaf's sword in Records of the Medieval Sword, in the Introduction section on "Ownership" (page 14 in my copy). Oakeshott states that the story on this sword (recited in 1153) is that it ended up being placed by the Byzantine emperor over the altar of St Olaf's church in Constantinople. For what it's worth....

As with all weapons attributed to saints, caution should be exercised. Most of them are usually several hundred years younger. I stumbled across that wall decoration a few years ago, and remember thinking "naah...."