[115]. Saxon Chronicle, sub annis. Turner’s Anglo-Saxons, vol. ii. p. 321.
[116]. The Saxon Chronicle. Saga af Olafi Tryggva-Syni.
[118]. Kings of Sweden from the first century before our Saviour’s birth to the introduction of Christianity into Sweden; compiled from the Landfedgatal and from the Heimskringla of Snorro Sturleson:—
1. Dynasty of the Ynglings.
| A.C. | |
| Odin | 70 |
| Niord | 20 |
| A.D. | |
| Freyer Yngve | 10 |
| Fiolner | 14 |
| Svegdir | 34 |
| Vanland or Valland | 48 |
| Visbur | 98 |
| Domald | 130 |
| Domar | 162 |
| Dyggve | 190 |
| Dag-Spaka the Wise | 220 |
| Agne | 260 |
| Alrek and Erik | 280 |
| Yngve and Alf | 300 |
| Hugleik | 302 |
| Jorunder and Erik | 312 |
| Aun hinn Gamle the Old | 448 |
| Egill Tunnadolgi | 456 |
| Ottar Vendilkraka | 460 |
| Adils | 505 |
| Eystein | 531 |
| Yngvar | 545 |
| Braut-Onund | 565 |
| Ingiald Illrada | 623 |
| Olaf Tractelia exiled about | 630 |
2. Dynasty of the Skioldungs.
| A.D. | |
| Ivar Vidfadme, died | 647 |
| Harald Hildetand | 735 |
| Sigurd Ring | 750 |
| Ragnar Lodbrok | 794 |
| Biorn Ironside | 804 |
| Erik Biornson | 808 |
| Erik Raefillson | 820 |
| Emund and Biorn | 859 |
| Erik Emundson | 873 |
| Biorn Erikson | 923 |
| Erik the Victorious | 993 |
| Erik Arsael | 1001 |
The figures, it must be observed, are in a majority of cases purely conjectural. They have been adopted after the most careful investigation, by native critics; and we will not be so presumptuous as to reject them, especially when some of them are known to be correct.
[119]. A: Kings of Sweden, according to the Universal History:—