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Anund Uppsale or Anoundus (Old Norse
Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
: Önundr Uppsali) ruled Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 together with his brother Björn at Haugi
Björn at Haugi

Bj?rn at Haugi , Bj?rn p? H?ga, Bj?rn II or Bern was according to Hervarar saga a Swedish king and the son of Erik Bj?rnsson, and Bj?rn ruled together in diarchy with his brother Anund Uppsale:...
, according to Rimbert
Rimbert

Saint Rimbert or Rembert was archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg from 865 until his death.A monk in Turholt , he shared a missionary trip to Scandinavia with his friend Ansgar, whom he later succeeded as archbishop in Hamburg-Bremen in 865....
 and Hervarar saga
Hervarar saga

Hervarar saga ok Hei?reks is a legendary saga from the 13th century combining matter from several older sagas. It is a valuable saga for several different reasons beside its literary qualities....
 (he and Björn are also mentioned by Adam of Bremen
Adam of Bremen

Adam of Bremen was one of the most important Germany medieval chroniclers. He lived and worked in the second half of the eleventh century. He is most famous for his chronicle Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum ....
). He is probably called Uppsale because he stayed at Gamla Uppsala
Gamla Uppsala

Gamla Uppsala is a parish and a village outside Uppsala in Sweden. It had 16,231 inhabitants in 1991.As early as the 3rd century AD and the 4th century AD and onwards, it was an important religious, economic and political centre....
, the religious centre.

Rimbert
Rimbert

Saint Rimbert or Rembert was archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg from 865 until his death.A monk in Turholt , he shared a missionary trip to Scandinavia with his friend Ansgar, whom he later succeeded as archbishop in Hamburg-Bremen in 865....
 recounts that Anoundus and his brother Björn, succeed king Erik and that Anund was driven away from his country. The reason is unknown.

Sometime in the 840s, Anund returns to Sweden with a large Danish host of 21 longship
Longship

Longships were ships primarily used by the Scandinavian Vikings and the Saxons to raid coastal and inland settlements during the European Middle Ages....
s and 11 of his own, because Anund had promised them rich plunder in Birka
Birka

During the Viking Age, Birka , on the island of Bj?rk? in Sweden, was an important trading center which handled goods from Scandinavia as well as Central Europe and Eastern Europe and the Orient....
, and they arrived when Björn at Hauge was far away.






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Anund Uppsale or Anoundus (Old Norse
Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
: Önundr Uppsali) ruled Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 together with his brother Björn at Haugi
Björn at Haugi

Bj?rn at Haugi , Bj?rn p? H?ga, Bj?rn II or Bern was according to Hervarar saga a Swedish king and the son of Erik Bj?rnsson, and Bj?rn ruled together in diarchy with his brother Anund Uppsale:...
, according to Rimbert
Rimbert

Saint Rimbert or Rembert was archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg from 865 until his death.A monk in Turholt , he shared a missionary trip to Scandinavia with his friend Ansgar, whom he later succeeded as archbishop in Hamburg-Bremen in 865....
 and Hervarar saga
Hervarar saga

Hervarar saga ok Hei?reks is a legendary saga from the 13th century combining matter from several older sagas. It is a valuable saga for several different reasons beside its literary qualities....
 (he and Björn are also mentioned by Adam of Bremen
Adam of Bremen

Adam of Bremen was one of the most important Germany medieval chroniclers. He lived and worked in the second half of the eleventh century. He is most famous for his chronicle Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum ....
). He is probably called Uppsale because he stayed at Gamla Uppsala
Gamla Uppsala

Gamla Uppsala is a parish and a village outside Uppsala in Sweden. It had 16,231 inhabitants in 1991.As early as the 3rd century AD and the 4th century AD and onwards, it was an important religious, economic and political centre....
, the religious centre.

Rimbert
Rimbert

Saint Rimbert or Rembert was archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg from 865 until his death.A monk in Turholt , he shared a missionary trip to Scandinavia with his friend Ansgar, whom he later succeeded as archbishop in Hamburg-Bremen in 865....
 recounts that Anoundus and his brother Björn, succeed king Erik and that Anund was driven away from his country. The reason is unknown.

Sometime in the 840s, Anund returns to Sweden with a large Danish host of 21 longship
Longship

Longships were ships primarily used by the Scandinavian Vikings and the Saxons to raid coastal and inland settlements during the European Middle Ages....
s and 11 of his own, because Anund had promised them rich plunder in Birka
Birka

During the Viking Age, Birka , on the island of Bj?rk? in Sweden, was an important trading center which handled goods from Scandinavia as well as Central Europe and Eastern Europe and the Orient....
, and they arrived when Björn at Hauge was far away. Anund demanded one hundred marks of silver, which was granted. The Danes felt tricked and wanted to make a surprise attack on Birka
Birka

During the Viking Age, Birka , on the island of Bj?rk? in Sweden, was an important trading center which handled goods from Scandinavia as well as Central Europe and Eastern Europe and the Orient....
 in order to burn it and plunder it, but then Anund tried to avert their plans. He asked them to draw lots about whether it was the will of the Aesir that Birka should be destroyed. The outcome was that the destruction of Birka would bring bad luck to the Danes. They then asked where to go for plunder and the answer was to go to a Slavic town. The Danes left Birka but returned with rich booty.

Anund then stayed to seek reconciliation with his people and his son Erik succeeded him on the Swedish throne.

See also

  • Early Swedish History
    Early Swedish history

    The Swedish pre-history ended around 800 CE, when the Viking Age began. The Viking Age lasted to the mid-11th century, when the Christianization broke through....