Ring of Sweden
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Ring is mentioned by Adam of Bremen
who relates that he was king of Sweden when archbishop Unni
arrived in Birka
935 or 936 where Unni died. Adam of Bremen recounts that he had the sons Erik Ringsson and Emund. His father is unknown, but it may have been Erik Anundsson.
Adam of Bremen
Adam of Bremen was a German medieval chronicler. He lived and worked in the second half of the eleventh century. He is most famous for his chronicle Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum .-Background:Little is known of his life other than hints from his own chronicles...
who relates that he was king of Sweden when archbishop Unni
Unni (archbishop)
Saint Unni was an archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen . He died as a missionary in Birka in Sweden, where he tried to continue Ansgar's work....
arrived in Birka
Birka
During the Viking Age, Birka , on the island of Björkö in Sweden, was an important trading center which handled goods from Scandinavia as well as Central and Eastern Europe and the Orient. Björkö is located in Lake Mälaren, 30 kilometers west of contemporary Stockholm, in the municipality of Ekerö...
935 or 936 where Unni died. Adam of Bremen recounts that he had the sons Erik Ringsson and Emund. His father is unknown, but it may have been Erik Anundsson.