Prince or Co-Ruler of Sweden. According to Icelandic sources he was a brother of King Eric the Victorious of Sweden, but is otherwise mainly known as the father of Prince Beorn the Strident-and-Strong (Styrbjörn Starke), who with Danish assistance battled his Uncle Eric over his claim to the Swedish throne. Beorn lost the contest at the fabled Battle of Fyris Fields outside of Upsala around 985. His father may have been counted (speculatively) as Olaf IV of Sweden if he actually ruled jointly with Eric, as some sources would have it, before being assassinated with "venom in his drink" around 970. At the age of 12, Beorn had gone to "sit on his father's mound" at Old Upsala to claim his birthright. That mound can safely be assumed to be one of the tumuli of smaller proportions adjacent to the three huge ones, all next to what then still existed as the Temple of the Norse Gods which was replaced in the next century by the Christian church that is there today. According to 18th century Danish historian Jacob Langebek, Olaf’s son, the belligerent Prince Beorn, was the paternal grandfather of King Swain II of Denmark and the maternal grandfather of King Harold II of England.
Prince or Co-Ruler of Sweden. According to Icelandic sources he was a brother of King Eric the Victorious of Sweden, but is otherwise mainly known as the father of Prince Beorn the Strident-and-Strong (Styrbjörn Starke), who with Danish assistance battled his Uncle Eric over his claim to the Swedish throne. Beorn lost the contest at the fabled Battle of Fyris Fields outside of Upsala around 985. His father may have been counted (speculatively) as Olaf IV of Sweden if he actually ruled jointly with Eric, as some sources would have it, before being assassinated with "venom in his drink" around 970. At the age of 12, Beorn had gone to "sit on his father's mound" at Old Upsala to claim his birthright. That mound can safely be assumed to be one of the tumuli of smaller proportions adjacent to the three huge ones, all next to what then still existed as the Temple of the Norse Gods which was replaced in the next century by the Christian church that is there today. According to 18th century Danish historian Jacob Langebek, Olaf’s son, the belligerent Prince Beorn, was the paternal grandfather of King Swain II of Denmark and the maternal grandfather of King Harold II of England.
Bio by: Count Demitz
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