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Skjalm Hvide

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Earl of Zealand in Denmark in the end of the Viking Age

Lived 1034 to 1113 · aged 79

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Skjalm Hvide, was the Earl of Zealand in Denmark in the end of the Viking Age (793-1066) and up to his death. Skjalm's father was Toke Trylle, whose father was Slag, based on Absalon, a medieval account scanned, translated and published by Google.

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Jørlunde Church (Jørlunde Kirke) was founded and erected by Skjalm Hvide in c. 1085.[1][2][3]

Pictured in the middle is the Danish island of Zealand (Sjælland). Around it are the Danish Straits, which connect the Baltic Sea - on the right - and the Atlantic Ocean. On the top right is Sweden (Sverige). On the bottom is Germany. On the bottom right is the island of Rügen, where Skjalm Hvide attacked in c.1100, after the murder of his brother.

Vilhelm Bissen's equestrian statue of Absalon on Højbro Plads in Copenhagen, facing the Christiansborg Palace, where Absalon's Castle once stood.

A facsimile of Adam of Bremen's magnum opus. The existence of Adam's Gesta was forgotten in the later medieval era, until it was re-discovered in the late 16th century in the library of Sorø Abbey, founded in 1140 by sons of Skjalm Hvide, Ebbe Skjalmsen (Hvide) and Asser Rig.

A statue depicting Valdemar the Great (reign: 1154 - 12 May 1182) in the town square of Ringsted in central Zealand.

A lead-plate with text found at the Sorø Abbey Church, which tells that Absalon's grandfather is here. The text reads in Latin: "HIC IACET SCELMO BY DONI ABSALONI ARCHIEPI". National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen.

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Lived 1034 to 1113 · aged 79

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