# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sweyn-forkbeard
# Generated: 2026-08-31T16:42:40.654Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sweyn-forkbeard"
name: "Sweyn Forkbeard"
slug: "sweyn-forkbeard"
description: "He overthrew his own father for the Danish throne, conquered most of Norway, and after years of pressure became the first Dane to rule England — then died five weeks later."
tagline: "King of Denmark, England, and Norway"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sweyn_Forkbeard_by_L._Fr%C3%B8lich_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "0963-04-17"
deathDate: "1014-02-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             31.80679833400511
  historical:           24.24847066666667
  currentAttention:     70.21428571428572
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 213
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    title: "سوين فوركبيرد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sven Vidlí vous"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Σβεν Α΄ της Δανίας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Swein Forkbeard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sven Vurkbaard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swegn_Forcabeard"
    title: "Swegn Forcabeard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  In the mid-980s Swein turned on his father Harald Bluetooth, seized the crown, and drove the old king into exile where he died in 986 or 987. By 1000 he controlled most of Norway through alliance with Eric, Earl of Lade. His long campaign against England finally succeeded in 1013 when he took the throne, but he died on 3 February 1014, barely five weeks into his reign. His children included Cnut the Great, who would finish what his father started.