Eric the Victorious
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Eric the Victorious was a Swedish monarch as of around 970. Although there were earlier Swedish kings, he is the first Swedish king in a consecutive regnal succession, who is attested in sources indep
Eric praying to Odin before the Battle of Fýrisvellir, as envisioned by Twentieth century artist Jenny Nyström
Another example of King Eric in fantasy art, this published by Gustaf Henrik Mellin in 1850
In 1691 coin expert Elias Brenner published designs allegedly used by King Eric, but a minting of coins by Eric is unknown to modern scientists, and these attributions are considered inaccurate.
Swedish historians have suggested that the smaller tumuli at Old Uppsala probably include King Eric's grave.
Sigrid the Haughty
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Sigrid the Haughty is a Scandinavian queen appearing in Norse sagas. Sigrid is named in several late and sometimes contradictory Icelandic sagas composed generations after the events the stories descr
Sigrid with Olaf Tryggvason as imagined by Erik Werenskiold
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