Knut II (Sweden)

Knut II , Knut Holmgersson Långe till Sko , († around 1234), was King of Sweden from 1229 to 1234 .

Very little is known about him. His life dates are not known. It is also not known whether he was crowned.

Knut's father was probably called Holmger and was a cousin of Knut Eriksson . When the underage six year old Erik XI. was elected king in 1222, Knut was one of the councilors who led Sweden in his place. In 1229 Knut allied himself with the Folkung family , which led to the battle of Olustra (Ostra, a place in Södermanland on the south bank of Lake Mälar?) And to the deposition of the now thirteen-year-old King Erik. After that, Canute was king until his death in 1234.

He had coins struck in his own name. He made the son Karl döves Ulv almost a Jarl. This also had its own right to coin.

From his marriage (probably with Helena Pedersdotter Strange) the sons Holmger and Filipp emerged, who were later executed by Birger Jarl .

literature

• Hans Gillingstam: "Knut långe" in Svensk biografisk lexikon , accessed on December 7, 2012.
• Lars o. Lagerqvist: Sveriges regenter. Från forntid till nutid . Norsteds Förlag AB Stockholm 1996. ISBN 91-1-963882-5

predecessor	Office	successor
Erik XI.	King of Sweden 1229–1234	Erik XI.