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Sweyn Haakonsson

d. c. 1016 · 11th century · Also known as Sveinn Hákonarson, Svein Haakonsson

Sweyn Haakonsson was a Norwegian earl of Lade, a son of Håkon Sigurdsson. After the Battle of Svolder in 1000 he and his brother Eric governed Norway for the kings of Denmark and Sweden. He was defeated by Olaf Haraldsson at the Battle of Nesjar in 1016, fled to Sweden and died soon after.

Sweyn Haakonsson
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sweyn Haakonsson. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sweyn-haakonsson
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