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House of Munsö

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The House of Munsö is the Scandinavian semi-legendary dynasty which is descended from Björn Ironside, one of the sons of Ragnar Lodbrok. It is named after the island on which Björn Ironside is reputedly buried. If the sources are correct, the dynasty was to rule Sweden from the late 8th century until 1060.

It is also called the House of Ivar and Ragnar Lodbrok, the Old Dynasty or the House of Uppsala.

Family tree according to the Norse sagas (the Swedish kings are in bold):

      Sigurd Ring
            |
      Ragnar Lodbrok
            |
     -------------
     |           |
 several sons Björn Ironside
                 |
        ------------------
        |                |
 Erik Björnsson        Refil
         |               |
         |           Erik Refilsson
         |               
       ----------------------
       |                   |
 Björn at Hauge      Anund Uppsale
                           |                     
                    Erik Anundsson
                           |
                   Björn (III) Eriksson
                           |                                             
           --------------------------------                             Harold I of Denmark
           |                              |                                    |
   Eric the Victorious             Olof (II) Björnsson                  ---------------  
           |                              |                             |             |
   Olof of Sweden                  Styrbjörn the Strong  (pretender)  Tyra            |        
           |                              |                             |             |
           -------------------------      -------------------------------             |
           |                       |                     |                            |
   Anund Jacob                Emund the Old       Thorgils Sprakalägg          Sweyn Forkbeard
                                   |                     |                            |
                                   |                     |                            |
                      Anund Emundsson, heir              |                            |
                                                         |                            |
                                                     Ulf Jarl               Estrid Svendsdatter
                                                         |                            | 
                                                         ------------------------------
                                                                        |
                                                                 Sweyn Estridson
                                                                        |
                                                                   Danish kings

Full list of Swedish kings. The names in parentheses are kings who are not mentioned in Hervarar saga, but who are mentioned in other sources: