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This is a list of Swedish monarchs, that is, the Kings and ruling Queens of Sweden with Regents and Viceroys of the Kalmar Union up until the present time. There are lists of Swedish pagan monarchs with dates far older than these. These records contain the early kings, of the House of Yngling, and give an explanation to the numbering of the monarchs, particularly the names Erik and Karl (Eric and Charles). However these records are in many cases derived from historical romances and therefore of dubious historical authenticity. Because of this, lists of succession traditionally start with the first baptized Christian king of Sweden, Olof Skötkonung, and his father Erik Segersäll. These have often been classified as belonging to the Swedish house of Ynglings, even though the sagas tell that this line of kings was broken (see Ingjald and Ivar Vidfamne), and trace them back to Sigurd Ring and Ragnar Lodbrok. As there is no evidence that Eric and Olof ever used the Yngling name themselves, modern historians instead refer to their family as the House of Munsö, the House of Ivar and Ragnar Lodbrok, the Old Dynasty or the House of Uppsala.
1 Monarchs, Regents and Viceroys of Sweden
For lists of the prehistoric kings of Sweden see
- Mythological kings of SwedenIn sources such as Heimskringla and Ynglinga saga there appear early Swedish kings who belong in the domain of mythology, but it is often suggested that they have a historical basis. This was one of the last of Thor Heyerdahl's archeo-anthropological theo
- Semi-legendary kings of SwedenThe semi-legendary kings of Sweden are the long line of Swedish kings who preceded Eric the Victorious, according to sources such as the Norse Sagas, Beowulf, Rimbert, Adam of Bremen and Saxo Grammaticus, but who are of disputed historicity, due to the fa
1.1 The House of MunsöThe House of Muns is the Scandinavian semi-legendary dynasty which is descended from Bjorn Ironside, one of the sons of Ragnar Lodbrok. It is named after the island on which Bjorn Ironside is reputedly buried. If the sources are correct, the dynasty was t or Uppsala
- 985Events Barcelona sacked by Al-Mansur Greenland colonized by Icelandic Viking Erik the Red (the date is according to legend but has been established as at least approximately correct see History of Greenland) Births Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, later sixth Fatim- 995Events ( Erik Segersall) is succeeded by ( Olof Skotkonung), the first baptized ruler of Sweden. See Swedish monarchs. Births Canute the Great (approximate) (d. 1035) Guido of Arezzo, inventor of musical notation (d. 1050) Deaths February 5 William IV, Du : Eric the Victorius (Erik Segersäll)
- 995Events ( Erik Segersall) is succeeded by ( Olof Skotkonung), the first baptized ruler of Sweden. See Swedish monarchs. Births Canute the Great (approximate) (d. 1035) Guido of Arezzo, inventor of musical notation (d. 1050) Deaths February 5 William IV, Du- 1022Events Several Catharist heretics are killed in Toulouse. See Albigensians. Olof Skotkonung, King of Sweden dies and is succeeded by Anund Jakob. See Swedish monarchs). Births Harold Godwinson, later the last Saxon King of England (approximate date). : Olof of Sweden (Olof Skötkonung)
- 1022- 1050 : Anund Jacob (Anund Jakob) and Canute
- 1050- 1060 : Emund the Old (Emund den gamle)
