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Adalvard is the name of two clergymen who were active in Sweden during its Christianization in the 11th century.










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Adalvard is the name of two clergymen who were active in Sweden during its Christianization in the 11th century.

  • Adalvard the Elder
    Adalvard the Elder

    Adalvard the Elder was a German clergyman. He was first the dean of Archdiocese of Bremen, but he was sent to the diocese of Skara in Sweden, as bishop during the early 1060s....
     (died c. 1064), bishop of Skara
  • Adalvard the Younger
    Adalvard the Younger

    Adalvard the Younger was a German missionary bishop from Archdiocese of Bremen who was active in Sigtuna, in Sweden, in the 1060s. According to Adam of Bremen, Adalvard tried to make the Swedish king Stenkil close the great temple at Uppsala....
     (died b. 1072), his successor in Skara