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Björn (ruled 882
882

Events...
-932
932

Events...
) was the father of Olof (II) Björnsson
Olof (II) Björnsson

Olof Bj?rnsson , was a semi-legendary Swedish king, who according to Hervarar saga and the Styrbjarnar ??ttr Sv?akappa ruled together with his brother Eric VI of Sweden....
 and Eric the Victorious
Eric VI of Sweden

Eric I the Victorious Old Norse: Eir?kr inn sigrs?li, Modern Swedish: Erik Segers?ll, , was the first Swedish king about whom anything definite is known....
, and he was the grandfather of Styrbjörn the Strong
Styrbjörn the Strong

Styrbj?rn the Strong or Styrbj?rn the Swedish Champion was according to late Norse sagas, the son of the Swedish people Monarch Olof Bj?rnsson, and the nephew of Olof's co-ruler and successor Eric the Victorious....
, according to the 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....
 and Harald Fairhair's saga. According to the two sagas, he was the son of an Erik who fought Harald Fairhair and who succeeded the brothers Björn at Hauge and Anund Uppsale
Anund Uppsale

Anund Uppsale or Anoundus ruled Sweden together with his brother Bj?rn at Haugi, according to Rimbert and Hervarar saga . He is probably called Uppsale because he stayed at Gamla Uppsala, the religious centre....
:
King Önund
Anund Uppsale

Anund Uppsale or Anoundus ruled Sweden together with his brother Bj?rn at Haugi, according to Rimbert and Hervarar saga . He is probably called Uppsale because he stayed at Gamla Uppsala, the religious centre....
 had a son called Eric
Eric Anundsson

Eric Anundsson/Eymundsson was a Suiones Germanic king who ruled during the 9th century. The Swedish encyclopedia Nordisk familjebok identifies Eric with the legendary Swedish king Erik Weatherhat....
, and he succeeded to the throne at Upsala
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....
 after his father. He was a rich King. In his days Harold the Fair-haired made himself King of Norway.






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Björn (ruled 882
882

Events...
-932
932

Events...
) was the father of Olof (II) Björnsson
Olof (II) Björnsson

Olof Bj?rnsson , was a semi-legendary Swedish king, who according to Hervarar saga and the Styrbjarnar ??ttr Sv?akappa ruled together with his brother Eric VI of Sweden....
 and Eric the Victorious
Eric VI of Sweden

Eric I the Victorious Old Norse: Eir?kr inn sigrs?li, Modern Swedish: Erik Segers?ll, , was the first Swedish king about whom anything definite is known....
, and he was the grandfather of Styrbjörn the Strong
Styrbjörn the Strong

Styrbj?rn the Strong or Styrbj?rn the Swedish Champion was according to late Norse sagas, the son of the Swedish people Monarch Olof Bj?rnsson, and the nephew of Olof's co-ruler and successor Eric the Victorious....
, according to the 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....
 and Harald Fairhair's saga. According to the two sagas, he was the son of an Erik who fought Harald Fairhair and who succeeded the brothers Björn at Hauge and Anund Uppsale
Anund Uppsale

Anund Uppsale or Anoundus ruled Sweden together with his brother Bj?rn at Haugi, according to Rimbert and Hervarar saga . He is probably called Uppsale because he stayed at Gamla Uppsala, the religious centre....
:
King Önund
Anund Uppsale

Anund Uppsale or Anoundus ruled Sweden together with his brother Bj?rn at Haugi, according to Rimbert and Hervarar saga . He is probably called Uppsale because he stayed at Gamla Uppsala, the religious centre....
 had a son called Eric
Eric Anundsson

Eric Anundsson/Eymundsson was a Suiones Germanic king who ruled during the 9th century. The Swedish encyclopedia Nordisk familjebok identifies Eric with the legendary Swedish king Erik Weatherhat....
, and he succeeded to the throne at Upsala
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....
 after his father. He was a rich King. In his days Harold the Fair-haired made himself King of Norway. He was the first to unite the whole of that country under his sway. Eric at Upsala had a son called Björn, who came to the throne after his father and ruled for a long time. The sons of Björn, Eric the Victorious, and Olaf succeeded to the kingdom after their father. Olaf was the father of Styrbjörn the Strong.(Hervarar saga)


The latter saga relates that he ruled for 50 years:
There were disturbances also up in Gautland
Götaland

G?taland , Gothia, Gothland, Gothenland, Gotland, Gautland, Geatland is one of three Lands of Sweden consisting of ten provinces of Sweden....
 as long as King Eirik Eymundson
Eric Anundsson

Eric Anundsson/Eymundsson was a Suiones Germanic king who ruled during the 9th century. The Swedish encyclopedia Nordisk familjebok identifies Eric with the legendary Swedish king Erik Weatherhat....
 lived; but he died when King Harald Harfager had been ten years king of all Norway. 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)


In Olaf the Holy's saga, Snorri Sturluson
Snorri Sturluson

Snorri Sturluson was an Icelandic historian, poet and politician. He was two-time elected lawspeaker at the Icelandic parliament, the Althing....
 quotes Thorgny Lawspeaker on king Björn:

My father, again, was a long time with King Bjorn, and was well acquainted with his ways and manners. In Bjorn's lifetime his kingdom stood in great power, and no kind of want was felt, and he was gay and sociable with his friends. (Saga of Olaf Haraldsson)


When Björn died, Olof and Eric were elected to be co-rulers of Sweden. However, Eric would disinherit his nephew Styrbjörn.

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 ....
, however, only gives Emund Eriksson
Emund Eriksson

Emund Eriksson was a Sweden king of disputed historicity. According to Adam of Bremen, Emund was allied with Harold Bluetooth. Adam of Bremen only gives Eric the Victorious as successor to Emund, but he does not tell how they were related....
 as the predecessor of Eric the Victorious. Since the Swedes seem to have had a system of co-rulership (Diarchy
Diarchy

Diarchy , from the Greek "d??", and a??e??, "to rule," is a form of government in which two diarchs are the head of state. In most diarchies, the diarchs hold their position for life and pass the responsibilities and power of the position to their children or family when they die....
), it is probable that Emund Eriksson was a co-ruler of Björn's.

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....
  • House of Munsö
    House of Munsö

    The House of Muns? is one of the names of a protohistory kings of Sweden. Its early members of the 8th or 9th century are legendary or Semi-legendary kings of Sweden, while its later scions of the 10th to 11th centuries are historical....