(960 – 1014)
(sweyn I forkbeard)
(sven the dane)
(swegen)
(tuck)
king of denmark and england
(as well as parts of norway)
viking leader and father of cnut the great
his father harald I of denmark died in 986 and he became king of denmark in 1000
(with the allegiance of the trondejarl)
with erik of lade, he ruled most of norway
after a long effort at conquest, in 1013 he founded swansea
(which comes from “sweyn’s ey”)
(then he became king of england)
he was also the danish sovereign of a north sea empire
(only his son cnut outdid this northern european empire)