Swedish Chronicle
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The Swedish Chronicle is a mid-15th century chronicle on a nation called Getae
(gethe), Goths
(gotha), Geat
s (götha) and eventually Swedes (swenske). It says that it is compiled from ancient chronicles.
It includes a line of kings from the House of Yngling
which appears to be based on the Norwegian Historia Norwegiæ and the Danish Chronicon Lethrense
, but the compiler seems to have corrected the information.
The first part of its line of Swedish kings:
...
Getae
The Getae was the name given by the Greeks to several Thracian tribes that occupied the regions south of the Lower Danube, in what is today northern Bulgaria, and north of the Lower Danube, in Romania...
(gethe), Goths
Goths
The Goths were an East Germanic tribe of Scandinavian origin whose two branches, the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths, played an important role in the fall of the Roman Empire and the emergence of Medieval Europe....
(gotha), Geat
Geat
Geats , and sometimes Goths) were a North Germanic tribe inhabiting what is now Götaland in modern Sweden...
s (götha) and eventually Swedes (swenske). It says that it is compiled from ancient chronicles.
It includes a line of kings from the House of Yngling
Yngling
The Ynglings were the oldest known Scandinavian dynasty. It can refer to the clans of the Scylfings , the semi-legendary royal Swedish clan during the Age of Migrations, with kings such as Eadgils, Onela and Ohthere...
which appears to be based on the Norwegian Historia Norwegiæ and the Danish Chronicon Lethrense
Chronicon Lethrense
Chronicon Lethrense is a small Danish medieval work from the 12th century, written in Latin.-Themes:...
, but the compiler seems to have corrected the information.
The first part of its line of Swedish kings:
- Inge (YngviYngviYngvi, Yngvin, Ingwine, Inguin are names that relate to an older theonym Ing and which appears to have been the older name for the god Freyr ....
, here the son of FilimerFilimerFilimer was an early Gothic king, according to Jordanes.He was the son of Gadareiks and the fifth generation since Berig settled with his people in Gothiscandza. When the Gothic nation had multiplied Filimer decided to move his people to Scythia where they defeated the Sarmatians. They then named...
) - Neorch and Froe (NjordNjordIn Norse mythology, Njörðr is a god among the Vanir. Njörðr is father of the deities Freyr and Freyja by his unnamed Van sister, was in an ill-fated marriage with the goddess Skaði, lives in Nóatún and is associated with sea, seafaring, wind, fishing, wealth, and crop fertility.Njörðr is attested...
and FreyrFreyrFreyr is one of the most important gods of Norse paganism. Freyr was highly associated with farming, weather and, as a phallic fertility god, Freyr "bestows peace and pleasure on mortals"...
) - Urbar (made his son DanDan (king)Dan is the name of one or more legendary kings of the Danes in medieval Scandinavian texts.-The Lejre Chronicle:The Chronicle of Lejre written about 1170 introduces a primeval King Ypper of Uppsala whose three sons were Dan, who afterwards ruled Denmark, Nori, who afterwards ruled Norway, and...
king of Denmark and his son Nore the king of Norway) - Östen
- Solen (was drowned in a vat of mead like FjölnirFjölnirIn Norse mythology, Fjölnir, Fjölner, Fjolner or Fjolne was a Swedish king of the House of Yngling, at Gamla Uppsala. Fjölnir appears in a semi-mythological context as the son of Freyr and his consort Gerðr...
) - Swerker
- ValandValand-History and origin:The word valand in the Gujarati language means a barber. They are the traditional barbers of the Gujarat region. They claim to have been Brahmins, who due to some misfortune of history took up the occupation of barbering...
- Wisbur
- Domalde (was sacrificed to a troll named Ceres)
- Domar
- Attila (made the Danes accept the dog king as their king)
- Dyguer
- Dager
- Alrik (was killed by his brother Erik with a rein)
- Ingemar (was hanged by his wife in AgnafitAgnafitAgnafit or Agnefit was the name of a location where Lake Mälaren met the Baltic Sea. In the 14th century, an addition to the Historia Norwegiae described Agnafit as being where Stockholm had been founded...
) - Ingeller (was killed by his own brother)
- Järunder
- Hakon (killed Harald WartoothHarald WartoothHarald Wartooth or Harold Hiltertooth was a legendary king of Sweden, Denmark, Norway and the historical northern German province of Wendland, in the 8th and 9th century...
at the Battle of Brávellir and became so old that he had to feed by suckling a horn) - Eghil
- Oktar (killed by his brother Faste)
- Adhel (died when he fell of his horse during the sacrifices)
- Östen (was arsoned to death)
- Ingemar
- Bräntemundher (was killed by his own brother Sigurd in Närke)
- Ingeller (was so afraid of Ivar the far-travelled that he arsoned himself to death)
- Olaffver trätelge
- Inge (died in battle)
- Erik WeatherhatErik WeatherhatErik Weatherhat was a mythical king of Sweden.According to the Swedish Chronicle, the cognomen Weatherhat refers to the accommodating wind he enjoyed as pillaged the Baltic Sea region....
- Eric the Victorious
- Stenkil of Good Harvests (the first Christian king)
- Olof Skötkonung
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