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Anund Jacob
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King of Sweden from 1022 until 1050 (1008-1050)
Key facts
- Reign
- 1022–1050
- Predecessor
- Olof Skötkonung
- Successor
- Emund the Old
- Born
- c. 25 July 1008 or 1010
- Died
- 1050 (aged 41 – 42)
- Consort
- Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir
- Issue
- Gyda, Queen of Denmark
- House
- House of Munsö
- Father
- Olof Skötkonung
- Mother
- Estrid of the Obotrites
- Religion
- Chalcedonian Christianity
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jakob
- Family name
- Jacob
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Spouse
- Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir
- Child
- Gyda of Sweden
- Father
- Olof Skötkonung
- Mother
- Edla
- Sibling
- Astrid Olofsdotter
- Occupation
- monarch
- Family
- House of Munsö
- Conflict
- Battle of Helgeå
- Image
- Anwynd James of Sweden coin c 1040.jpg
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- Commons category
- Anwynd James (Anund Jakob)
- date of death
- 1050-00-00
- date of birth
- 1008-07-24
- name in native language
- Anund Jakob
- described by source
- Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
- unmarried partner
- Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir
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Encyclopedic overview
Anund Jacob, also Jakob or James (Old Norse: Ǫnundr Jakob; c. 25 July 1008/10 - c. 1050), was King of Sweden from 1022 until around 1050. He is believed to have been born on 25 July, in either 1008 or 1010 as Jakob, the son of King Olof Skötkonung and Queen Estrid. Being the second Christian king of the Swedish realm, his long and partly turbulent reign saw the increasing dissemination of Christianity as well as repeated attempts to influence the balance of power in Scandinavia. Throughout his reign, he tried to subvert the rising Danish hegemony in Scandinavia by supporting the Norwegian monarchy. He also supported the reign of his brother-in-law Yaroslav the Wise in Kievan Rus. He is referred to in positive terms in German and Norse historical sources. His reign was one of the longest in Sweden during the Viking Age and Middle Ages.
Accession
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anund Jacob” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.