The dates of these reigns in the modern histories of Denmark—for the ancient ones do not condescend to such trifles—are beautifully confounded, sometimes a whole century being assigned to a single reign.
[62]. The Skioldungs, or descendants of Odin:—
| Names. | Died. B.C. |
| Skiold | 40 |
| Fridleif I. | 23 |
| A.D. | |
| Frode I. | 35 |
| Fridleif II. | 47 |
| Havar | 59 |
| Frode II. | 87 |
| Wermund the Sage | 140 |
| Olaf the Mild | 190 |
| Dan Mykillati | 270 |
| Frode III., surnamed the Pacific | 310 |
| Halfdan I. | 324 |
| Fridleif III. | 348 |
| Frode IV. | 407 |
| Ingild (or Ingel) | 436 |
| Halfdan II. | 447 |
| Frode V. | 460 |
| Helge and Roe | 494 |
| Frode VI. | 510 |
| Rolf Krake | 522 |
| Frode VII. | 548 |
| Halfdan III. | 580 |
| Ruric Slyngebande | 588 |
| Ivar Vidfadme | 647 |
| Harald Hildetand | 735 |
| Sigurd Ring | 750 |
| Ragnar Lodbrog | 794 |
| Sigurd Snogoje | 803 |
| Harda Canute | 850 |
| Eric I. | 854 |
| Eric II. | 883 |
| Gorm the Old | 941 |
| Harald Blaatand | 991 |
| Sweyn | 1014 |
This is the list of Suhm, the most critical of the Danish historians. Yet there can be no doubt that some of Saxo’s kings ought to be incorporated with it.
[63]. See the dates assigned to the above kings by our Universal History and by Mallet. The difference between them and those given by Suhm may amuse the reader.
[64]. Saxonis Grammatici Historia Danorum, passim. Mallet, Histoire de Danemarc, tom. iii. Langebek, Scriptores Rerum Danicarum, tom. i. Adamus Bremensis, Historia Ecclesiastica, lib. i.
[65]. Saxonis Grammatici Hist., passim.
[66]. See Introduction, p. [19].
[67]. History of the Germanic Empire (Cab. Cyc.), vol. i.
[68]. Saxo Grammatici, Hist. Dan. lib. v. Suenonis Aggonis Historia Rerum Danicarum, cap. i. (apud Langebek, i. 44.). Petri Olai Roskildensis Chronica Regum Danorum, p. 15. (apud eundem, tom. i.).