Sweyn
Sweyn is a Scandinavian masculine given name which may refer to:
Kings:
- Sweyn Forkbeard (960–1014), King of Denmark, England, and Norway as Sweyn I
- Sweyn or Svein Knutsson (c. 1016–1035), King of Norway as Sweyn II
- Sweyn II of Denmark (1019–1074/76), King of Denmark
- Blot-Sweyn or Sweyn the Sacrificer (died 1087), pagan King of Sweden
- Sweyn III of Denmark (1125–1157), King of Denmark
Others:
- Sweyn Haakonsson (died c. 1016), an earl and co-ruler of Norway from 1000 to c. 1015
- Sweyn Godwinson (c. 1020–1052), Earl of Herefordshire, brother of Harold Godwinson, last Anglo-Saxon king of England
- Sweyn the Crusader (c. 1050-1097), Danish participant in the First Crusade, son of Sweyn II of Denmark
- Sweyn Asleifsson (c. 1115–1171), a Viking who appears in the Orkneyinga Saga
See also
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