OLAF.—EMUND I.—EMUND II.—STENKILL.—INGE I.—PHILIP.—INGE II.—SWERKER I.—CHARLES.—ST. ERIC.—INTERNAL TROUBLES.—BIRGER JARL.—VALDEMAR I.—MAGNUS I.—BIRGER.—MAGNUS II.—ERIC IV.—ALBERT OF MECKLENBURG.—UNION OF SWEDEN WITH DENMARK.

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Chronological Difficulties[295]
1001–1026.Olaf Skatkonung[295]
1026–1051.Emund I.[296]
1051–1148.Emund II., and succeeding Kings[296]
1148–1154.Swerker I.; double Election[298]
1155–1167.St. Eric and Charles[299]
1161–1167.Charles the sole King[300]
1167–1192.Canute[301]
1192–1210.Swerker II.[301]
1210–1250.Other Rulers[302]
1250.Valdemar I.[303]
1251–1266.Regency of Birger[303]
1266–1276.Troubled Reign of Valdemar[304]
1276–1279.He is compelled to resign the Throne of Sweden[305]
1279, 1280.Magnus I.[305]
1281–1290.His internal Administration[306]
1290–1305.Birger; his guilty Impudence[307]
1305–1319.He is exiled[308]
1319–1320.And his Son Beheaded[309]
1319–1354.Magnus II.; his Minority, and subsequent Actions[310]
1354–1357.His Weakness[311]
1357–1363.His Unpopularity[312]
1363.Election of Albert[313]
1364–1371.Actions of this Prince[313]
1371–1376.He too is unpopular[314]
1377–1387.He quarrels with his Diet[314]
1388, 1389.He is defeated and captured by Margaret of Denmark[315]

APPENDIX.

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St. Canute, King of Denmark[317]

TABLE OF KINGS.

SUCCESSION OF DANISH KINGS DOWN TO THE UNION OF THE CROWNS OF DENMARK AND NORWAY.

I. Skioldungs, or Dynasty of Skiold the Son of Odin.

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Died B.C.
Odin arrived in the North70