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Blot-Sweyn

1001 - 1087

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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 blót (pagan sacrifices) at the Temple at Uppsala. There is no mention of Sweyn in the regnal list of the Westrogothic law, which suggests that his rule did not reach Västergötland. According to Swedish historian Adolf Schück he was probably the same person as Håkan the Red and was called the Blót Swain (a swain who was willing to perform the blót) as an epithet rather than a personal name. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Blot-Sweyn is the 6,531st most popular politician (up from 6,554th in 2019), the 255th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 261st in 2019) and the 76th most popular Swedish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Blot-Sweyn ranks 6,531 out of 19,576. Before him are Pierre-Jules Hetzel, Lucius Licinius Crassus, Sineperver Sultan, Charles Francis Adams Sr., Tokugawa Ienari, and Raymond II, Count of Tripoli. After him are Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, Theudigisel, Maria Temryukovna, Marcus Antonius, Maria, wife of Leo III, and Denys Shmyhal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1001, Blot-Sweyn ranks 9. Before him are Duncan I of Scotland, Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden, Qutalmish, Al-Qa'im, Alberic of Cîteaux, and Antipope Adalbert. After him are Godwin, Earl of Wessex, Abd al-Rahman V, Gyda of Sweden, Catherine of Bulgaria, Ibn Butlan, and Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani. Among people deceased in 1087, Blot-Sweyn ranks 7. Before him are William the Conqueror, Pope Victor III, Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī, Solomon, King of Hungary, Bertha of Savoy, and Constantine the African. After him are William I, Count of Burgundy, Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, and Maria Dobroniega of Kiev.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Blot-Sweyn ranks 255 out of 1,879. Before him are Stig Anderson (1931), Eva Ekeblad (1724), Per Albin Hansson (1885), Hans Rosling (1948), Harry Nyquist (1889), and Jussi Björling (1911). After him are Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland (1973), Malin Åkerman (1978), Yngwie Malmsteen (1963), Odd Nerdrum (1944), Henrik Larsson (1971), and Ludvig Nobel (1831).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sweden

Among politicians born in Sweden, Blot-Sweyn ranks 76. Before him are Anna Lindh (1957), Stenkil (1030), Thorbjörn Fälldin (1926), Princess Sophie of Sweden (1801), Carl Adolph Agardh (1785), and Per Albin Hansson (1885). After him are Lennart Bernadotte (1909), Estrid of the Obotrites (979), Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken (1616), Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland (1889), Prince Carl Bernadotte (1911), and Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland (1827).

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