Anund from Russia
Anund Gårdske or Anund of Gårdarike, English exonym: Anwynd,[1] was the king of Sweden c. 1070 according to Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum.[2] According to this source, Anund came from Kievan Rus',[2] presumably from Aldeigjuborg. Gårdske means that he came from Gardariki which was one of the Scandinavian names for Kievan Rus'. As a Christian he refused to sacrifice to the Norse gods at the Temple at Uppsala and was consequently deposed, in 1070.[2]
A hypothesis suggests that Anund and Inge the Elder were the same person, as several sources mention Inge as a fervent Christian, and the Hervarar saga describes how Inge also was rejected for refusing to administer the blóts and that he was exiled in Västergötland.[3]
Notes and references
- ^ Anwynd (Anund) at From Dot to Domesday
- ^ a b c The article Anund in Nationalencyklopedin.
- ^ The article Inge in Nordisk familjebok (1910).
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