Håkan the Red, the Glossary
Håkan the Red (Swedish: Håkan Röde) was a King of Sweden, reigning for about half a decade in the second half of the 11th century.[1]
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45 relations: Adam of Bremen, Adelsö, Anund from Russia, Blot-Sweyn, Encyclopædia Britannica, Epithet, Halsten Stenkilsson, Heimskringla, Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks, Historical revisionism, House of Stenkil, Hovgården, Inge the Elder, Kalmar Union, List of Swedish monarchs, Magnus Barefoot, Mälaren, Monarchy of Sweden, Nationalencyklopedin, Nordisk familjebok, Norway, Olaf III of Norway, Pope Gregory VII, Reign, Rundata, Runestone, Scholia, Snorri Sturluson, Stenkil, Stora Levene, Sture Bolin, Sweden, Swedes (tribe), Swedish language, Sweyn II of Denmark, Tithe, Tora Torbergsdatter, Translatio imperii, Uppland, Uppland Runic Inscription 11, Västergötland, Västgötalagen, Viking Age, Warlord, Yngling.
- 11th-century Swedish monarchs
- House of Stenkil
- People from Västergötland
Adam of Bremen
Adam of Bremen (Adamus Bremensis; Adam von Bremen; before 1050 – 12 October 1081/1085) was a German medieval chronicler.
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Adelsö
Adelsö is an island in the middle of Lake Mälaren in Sweden, near Björkfjärden.
Anund from Russia
Anund from Russia (Anund Gårdske) was King of Sweden around 1070 according to Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum. Håkan the Red and Anund from Russia are 11th-century Swedish monarchs.
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Blot-Sweyn
Blot-Sweyn (Swedish: Blot-Sven) was a Swedish king c. 1080, of disputed historicity, who was said to have replaced his Christian brother-in-law Inge as King of Sweden, when Inge had refused to administer the blóts (pagan sacrifices) at the Temple at Uppsala. Håkan the Red and Blot-Sweyn are 11th-century Swedish monarchs and House of Stenkil.
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Encyclopædia Britannica
The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.
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Epithet
An epithet, also a byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) commonly accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a real or fictitious person, place, or thing.
Halsten Stenkilsson
Halsten Stenkilsson (English exonym: Alstan; Old Icelandic: Hallstein) was King of Sweden from c. 1067 - 1070. Håkan the Red and Halsten Stenkilsson are 11th-century Swedish monarchs and House of Stenkil.
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Heimskringla
() is the best known of the Old Norse kings' sagas.
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Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks
Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks (The Saga of Hervör and Heidrek) is a legendary saga from the 13th century combining matter from several older sagas in Germanic heroic legend.
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Historical revisionism
In historiography, historical revisionism is the reinterpretation of a historical account.
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House of Stenkil
The House of Stenkil was a dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Sweden from c. 1060 to c. 1125.
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Hovgården
Hovgården is an archaeological site on the Lake Mälaren island of Adelsö in Ekerö Municipality in central-eastern Sweden.
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Inge the Elder
Inge the Elder (Swedish: Inge Stenkilsson; Old Norse: Ingi Steinkelsson; died c. 1105–1110) was a king of Sweden. Håkan the Red and Inge the Elder are 11th-century Swedish monarchs and House of Stenkil.
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Kalmar Union
The Kalmar Union (Danish, Norwegian, and Kalmarunionen; Kalmarin unioni; Kalmarsambandið; Unio Calmariensis) was a personal union in Scandinavia, agreed at Kalmar in Sweden as designed by widowed Queen Margaret of Norway and Sweden.
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List of Swedish monarchs
This list records the monarchs of Sweden, from the late Viking Age to the present day.
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Magnus III Olafsson (Old Norse: Magnús Óláfsson, Norwegian: Magnus Olavsson; 1073 – 24 August 1103), better known as Magnus Barefoot (Old Norse: Magnús berfœttr, Norwegian: Magnus Berrføtt), was the King of Norway from 1093 until his death in 1103.
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Mälaren
Mälaren, historically referred to as Lake Malar in English, is the third-largest freshwater lake in Sweden (after Vänern and Vättern).
Monarchy of Sweden
The monarchy of Sweden is centred on the monarchical head of state of Sweden,See the Instrument of Government, Chapter 1, Article 5.
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Nationalencyklopedin
("The National Encyclopedia" in English), abbreviated NE, is a comprehensive contemporary Swedish-language encyclopedia with several hundred thousand articles.
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Nordisk familjebok
Nordisk familjebok ('Nordic Family Book') is a Swedish encyclopedia that was published in print from between 1876 and 1993, and that is now fully available in digital form via Project Runeberg at Linköping University.
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Norway
Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.
Olaf III of Norway
Olaf III or Olaf Haraldsson (Old Norse: Óláfr Haraldsson, Norwegian: Olav Haraldsson; – 22 September 1093), known as Olaf the Peaceful (Old Norse: Óláfr kyrri, Norwegian: Olav Kyrre), was King of Norway from 1067 until his death in 1093.
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Pope Gregory VII
Pope Gregory VII (Gregorius VII; 1015 – 25 May 1085), born Hildebrand of Sovana (Ildebrando di Soana), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 22 April 1073 to his death in 1085.
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Reign
A reign is the period of a person's or dynasty's occupation of the office of monarch of a nation (e.g., Saudi Arabia, Belgium, Andorra), of a people (e.g., the Franks, the Zulus) or of a spiritual community (e.g., Catholicism, Tibetan Buddhism, Nizari Ismailism).
Rundata
The Scandinavian Runic-text Data Base (Samnordisk runtextdatabas) is a project involving the creation and maintenance of a database of transliterated runic inscriptions.
Runestone
A runestone is typically a raised stone with a runic inscription, but the term can also be applied to inscriptions on boulders and on bedrock.
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Scholia
Scholia (scholium or scholion, from σχόλιον, "comment", "interpretation") are grammatical, critical, or explanatory comments – original or copied from prior commentaries – which are inserted in the margin of the manuscript of ancient authors, as glosses.
Snorri Sturluson
Snorri Sturluson (Old Norse:;; 1179 – 22 September 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician.
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Stenkil
Stenkil (Old Norse: Steinkell; died 1066) was a King of Sweden who ruled c. 1060 until 1066. Håkan the Red and Stenkil are 11th-century Swedish monarchs, House of Stenkil and people from Västergötland.
Stora Levene
Stora Levene is a locality situated in Vara Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 761 inhabitants in 2010.
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Sture Bolin
Sture Bolin (1900–1962) was a Swedish historian whose most influential work focused on late Roman and early medieval trade routes, formulating an alternative to the Pirenne Thesis.
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Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.
Swedes (tribe)
The Swedes (svear; Old Norse: svíar; probably from the PIE reflexive pronominal root *s(w)e, "one's own ";Bandle, Oskar. 2002. The Nordic languages: an international handbook of the history of the North Germanic languages. 2002. P.391 Swēon) were a North Germanic tribe who inhabited Svealand ("land of the Swedes") in central Sweden and one of the progenitor groups of modern Swedes, along with Geats and Gutes.
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Swedish language
Swedish (svenska) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family, spoken predominantly in Sweden and in parts of Finland.
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Sweyn II of Denmark
Sweyn Estridsson Ulfsson (Sveinn Ástríðarson, Svend Estridsen; – 28 April 1076) was King of Denmark (being Sweyn II) from 1047 until his death in 1076.
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Tithe
A tithe (from Old English: teogoþa "tenth") is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a contribution to a religious organization or compulsory tax to government.
Tora Torbergsdatter
Tora Torbergsdatter (Þóra Þorbergsdóttir, born 1025 – year of death unknown: fl. 1066) was a Norwegian royal consort.
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Translatio imperii
Translatio imperii (Latin for "transfer of rule") is a historiographical concept that was prominent in the Middle Ages in the thinking and writing of elite groups of the population in Europe, but was the reception of a concept from antiquity.
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Uppland
Uppland is a historical province or on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital.
Uppland Runic Inscription 11
U 11 is the Rundata designation for a runestone that is located near the ruins of the old king's dwelling at Alsnö hus near Hovgården on the island of Adelsö in Sweden.
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Västergötland
Västergötland, also known as West Gothland or the Latinized version Westrogothia in older literature, is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden (landskap in Swedish), situated in the southwest of Sweden.
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Västgötalagen
(or) or the Västgöta (Westrogothic) law is the oldest Swedish text written in Latin script and the oldest of all Swedish provincial laws.
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Viking Age
The Viking Age (about) was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonising, conquest, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America.
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Warlord
A warlord is an individual who exercises military, economic, and political control over a region, often within a country without a strong national government, through usually informal or illegal coercive control over the local armed forces.
Yngling
The Ynglings were a dynasty of kings, first in Sweden and later in Norway, primarily attested through the poem Ynglingatal.
See also
11th-century Swedish monarchs
- Anund Jacob
- Anund from Russia
- Blot-Sweyn
- Emund the Old
- Eric and Eric
- Håkan the Red
- Halsten Stenkilsson
- Inge the Elder
- Olof Skötkonung
- Stenkil
House of Stenkil
- Blot-Sweyn
- Håkan the Red
- Halsten Stenkilsson
- Helena (wife of Inge the Elder)
- House of Stenkil
- Inge the Elder
- Inge the Younger
- Ingegerd of Norway
- Ingrid Ragnvaldsdotter
- Magnus Henriksson
- Philip of Sweden
- Stenkil
- Ulvhild Håkansdotter
People from Västergötland
- Annika Andersson
- Aurore von Haxthausen
- Baron Niclas Silfverschiöld
- Bert Lundin
- Brynolf Wennerberg
- Einar von Strokirch
- Emanuel Thelning
- Emma Octavia Lundberg
- Eskil Magnusson
- Håkan the Red
- Hjalmar Kumlien
- Ingamoder
- Johan Emanuel Wikström
- Lars Johan Stark
- Lars Larsson (racing driver)
- Lennart Torstensson
- Michael Jernberg
- Pehr August Peterson
- Per Axel Rydberg
- Stenkil
- Sven Andersson (farmworker)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Håkan_the_Red
Also known as Haakon the Red, Hacon Red, Hacon the Red, Hakon the Red, Håkan Röde.