Blot-Sweyn
Politician · Historical Figures · Died 1087
Blot-Sweyn was a Swedish king c. 1080, of disputed historicity, who was said to have replaced his Christian brother-in-law Inge as King of Sweden, when Inge had refused to administer the blót at the Temple at Uppsala.
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![The Norsta Runestone (U 861) on the drive of Wik Castle outside Uppsala was probably made by Sweyn and his family, as it mentions two people called Sweyn and Mær (mentioned in the accusative form Møy). It is the only existing mention of a woman named Mær ("maiden") besides the mention of Sweyn's sister Mær in Hervarar saga, and it is contemporary with Sweyn.[1]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/U_861%2C_Norsta.jpg/500px-U_861%2C_Norsta.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
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There is no mention of Sweyn in the regnal list of the Westrogothic law, which suggests that his rule did not reach Västergötland. According to Swedish historian Adolf Schück he was probably the same person as Håkan the Red and was called the Blót Swain as an epithet rather than a personal name.
