King of Nerike
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The Norse sagas relate of a number of kings of Nerike who ruled during the mythological past of Scandinavia
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They were:
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They were:
- Nidud from VölundarkviðaVölundarkviðaVölundarkviða is one of the mythological poems of the Poetic Edda...
. - Olof the Sharp-sighted (Óláfr inn skyggni) whose granddaughter married IngjaldIngjaldIngjald illråde or Ingjaldr hinn illráði was a legendary Swedish king of the House of Ynglings. Ingjald may have ruled in the 7th century, and he was the son of the former king Anund....
ill-ruler of the House of Yngling according to the HeimskringlaHeimskringlaHeimskringla is the best known of the Old Norse kings' sagas. It was written in Old Norse in Iceland by the poet and historian Snorri Sturluson ca. 1230...
. According to Gautreks sagaGautreks sagaGautreks saga is a Scandinavian legendary saga put to text towards the end of the 13th century which survives only in much later manuscripts...
and Upplendinga Konungum, he aided the Norwegian king VikarVíkarVíkar was a legendary Norwegian king who found himself and his ships becalmed for a long period. To raise a wind, a human blood sacrifice was needed, and the lots fell on King Víkar himself...
in a war together with StarkadStarkadStarkad, Old Norse: Starkaðr or Störkuðr, Latin: Starcaterus, and during the late Middle Ages, also known as Starkodder, was a legendary hero in Norse mythology....
. - Sporsnjall, a form of Fornsnjallr, (in Heimskringla) who was invited by IngjaldIngjaldIngjald illråde or Ingjaldr hinn illráði was a legendary Swedish king of the House of Ynglings. Ingjald may have ruled in the 7th century, and he was the son of the former king Anund....
to a banquet only to be burnt to death inside IngjaldIngjaldIngjald illråde or Ingjaldr hinn illráði was a legendary Swedish king of the House of Ynglings. Ingjald may have ruled in the 7th century, and he was the son of the former king Anund....
's hall with a number of other petty kings. Sporsjall appears as Sporsnäll in later legends from Närke.