Battle of Helgeå
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The Battle of Helgeå, or Battle of the Holy River, was a naval engagement that took place in 1026 between joint Danish and English forces and a combined Norwegian and Swedish force, at the estuary of
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Ulf Jarl
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Ulf Thorgilsson, commonly known as Ulf Jarl or Earl Ulf, was a Danish jarl of Skåne and regent of Denmark. Ulf was the son of Thorgil Sprakling and the father of King Sweyn II of Denmark, and thus the
Battle of Helgeå
…and Norwegian navies, led by kings Anund Jacob and Olaf II, lay in wait up the river for the navy of King Cnut, which was commanded by Danish earl Ulf Jarl. Cnut's navy was massive; his own ship is said to have been 80 metres long. The Swedish and the Norwegian kings ordered a large dam to be made of peat…
King Canute and Earl Ulf as imagined by Morris Meredith Williams in 1913