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  2. Styrbjörn the Strong - Wikipedia

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    Styrbjörn is lifted into a chariot after the Battle of Fýrisvellir, as imagined by Mårten Eskil Winge in 1888. Styrbjörn the Strong (Old Norse: Styrbjǫrn Sterki [ˈstyrˌbjɔrn ˈsterke]; died c. 985) according to late Norse sagas was a son of the Swedish king Olof Björnsson, and a nephew of Olof's co-ruler and successor Eric the Victorious, who defeated and killed Styrbjörn at the ...

  3. Olof Björnsson - Wikipedia

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    Olof was the son of Björn Eriksson who ruled as king of Sweden. After the death of their father, Olof ruled jointly with his brother Eric the Victorious (Swedish: Erik Segersäll). By his queen Ingeborg Thrandsdotter, he was the father of Styrbjörn Starke and Gyrid, queen consort of King Harald Bluetooth. He died of poison during a meal. Eric ...

  4. Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa - Wikipedia

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    Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa (The Tale of Styrbjörn the Swedish Champion) is a short story, a þáttr on the Swedish claimant and Jomsviking Styrbjörn the Strong preserved in the Flatey Book (GKS 1005 fol 342-344, ca 1387-1395).

  5. List of Swedish monarchs - Wikipedia

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    Painting representing the Battle of Bråvalla, a legendary battle which supposedly took place in the 8th century, fought partly between the Svear and Götar. There were organized political structures in Sweden before the kingdom was unified; based on archaelogical evidence, early tribal societies are believed to have transitioned into organized chiefdoms in the first few centuries AD, perhaps ...

  6. Björn Eriksson - Wikipedia

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    After Eirik, his son Bjorn was king of Svithjod for fifty years. He was father of Eirik the Victorious, and of Olaf the father of Styrbjorn. (Harald Fairhair's saga) [3] In Olaf the Holy's saga, Snorri Sturluson quotes Thorgny Lawspeaker on king Björn: My father, again, was a long time with King Bjorn, and was well acquainted with his ways and ...

  7. Battle of Fýrisvellir - Wikipedia

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    Styrbjörn the Strong was the son of the Swedish king Olof Björnsson, who had died by poisoning; Styrbjörn suspected his uncle Eric, his father's co-king, of being responsible. Denied the crown by the Swedish Thing , he had made himself the ruler of the Jomsvikings but wanted to amass an even greater force in order to take the crown.

  8. Beorn of Sweden - Wikipedia

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    Björn of Sweden may refer to: Björn Ironside (9th century), legendary Norse Viking chief and Swedish king; Björn at Haugi (9th century), legendary Swedish king; Björn Eriksson (9th–10th centuries), legendary Swedish king; Styrbjörn the Strong (died c. 985), son of the legendary Swedish king Olof Björnsson

  9. Olof Skötkonung - Wikipedia

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    He was the first Christian king in central Sweden. Norse beliefs persisted in parts of Sweden until the 12–13th century, [2] with some keeping the tradition into modern times. [3] Olof and the Danish king Sweyn Forkbeard formed an alliance and defeated the Norwegian king Olaf Tryggvason in the Battle of Svolder in 999 or 1000. After the ...