Ingvar Harra

Ingvar (Old Icelandic Yngvarr Harra , Latin Yngvar canutus ) was a legendary Swedish king in the late 6th century. He was mentioned in the Historia Norwegiae , the Ynglinga saga and the Ynglingatal .

Ingvar was a son of Östen . He often fought against Vikings on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea ( Eistland ). Ingvar fell in a battle on the island of Ösel . His son Anund became the new King of Sweden.

See also

• Swedish kings of legends
• Viking ship graves from Salme

literature

• Birger Nerman : Sveriges första storhedstid . Stockholm 1942, p. 13
• Inger Ekrem, Lars Boje Mortensen (Eds.): Historia Norwegie , Museum Tusculanum Press, 2003 ISBN 87-7289-813-5 , p. 79