Sveakönig

Sveakönig ( Swedish Sveakung ) are the names of those Swedish mythical figures who are said to have ruled over an area within the boundaries of today's part of Svealand . The center of power was either in Birka or Alt-Uppsala . Most of these kings are considered non-historical. However, since individual names are identical in different sources such as the Ynglingatal , the epic English heroic poem Beowulf or the Vita Anskarii , their existence is assumed to be probable.

literature

• Herman Lindqvist : Från islossning till kungarike . In: Historien om Sverige . Norstedts, 1992, ISBN 978-91-1931502-1 .

See also

• Swedish kings of legends
• Svear

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg in Svenska Dagbladet of March 14, 2004: Snorre Sturlasson återupprättas (Swedish), accessed on September 17, 2012