peoplepill id: olof-bjoernsson
Semi-legendary Swedish king
Olof Björnsson
The basics
Quick Facts
Intro
Semi-legendary Swedish king
Places
Work field
Gender
Male
Family
Father:
Björn Eriksson
Children:
Gyrid of Sweden
Styrbjörn the Strong
The details (from wikipedia)
Biography
Olof Björnsson (reigned c. 970 – c.975) was a semi-legendary Swedish king who was referenced in several Old Norse Sagas including Hervarar saga, Saga of Harald Fairhair and the Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa.
Olof was the son of Björn Eriksson who ruled as king of Sweden. After the death of their father, Olof ruled jointly with his brother Eric the Victorious (Swedish: Erik Segersäll). By his queen Ingeborg Thrandsdotter, he was the father of Styrbjörn Starke and Gyrid, queen consort of King Harald Bluetooth. He died of poison during a meal. Eric, instead of proclaiming his nephew Styrbjörn co-ruler, proclaimed his own unborn son to be co-ruler. This son ruled as King Olof Skötkonung.
The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article.
The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Lists
Olof Björnsson is in following lists
By field of work
By work and/or country
comments so far.
Comments
Olof Björnsson