Erik "Weatherhat" Väderhatt, King of Sweden (Emundson) (849 - 900)

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Erik (Edmundsson) Väderhatt var en mytisk sveakung på 800-talet. Tillnamnet Väderhatt refererar till att han alltid hade god vind när han plundrade runt Östersjön. Han beskrivs av Olaus Magnus och av Saxo Grammaticus.

Hans placering i den svenska tronföljden är problematisk. Han anses vara antingen samma person som Erik Edmundsson (namnet på Erik Anundsson i Heimskringla) eller en av Ragnar Lodbroks söner (Gesta Danorum).
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Marriage: Unknown
Died: 882
Other names for Erik were Eric of Sweden Emundsson and Erik Eymundsson.

General Notes:

Erik Anundsson (d. 882) is the son of Anund Uppsale in Hervarar saga but is called Eymundsson by Snorri Sturluson. Since the preceeding king is confirmed as Anund by other sources (Rimbert and Adam of Bremen), Anundsson is probably the correct form of the patronym. The Swedish encyclopedia Nordisk familjebok identifies him with the legendary Swedish king Erik Weatherhat.

According to Hervarar saga he was preceded by his father Anund Uppsale and uncle Björn at Hauge and he was succeeded by Björn (III) Eriksson (the father of Eric the Victorious and Olof Björnsson). The Heimskringla relates that Erik died when Harald Fairhair had been king of all Norway for ten years, i.e. 882.

According to both Hervarar saga and Snorri, he fought wars against Harald Fairhair, the founder of the Norwegian kingdom. According to the Heimskringla, Erik was also the king of Westrogothia, Dalia, Bahusia and Wermelandia, but the saga relates that he lost all of those provinces except for Westrogothia to Harald Fairhair.

In the Heimskringla

Snorri Sturluson relates that Erik wanted to make a kingdom for himself as large as that of the Swedish king Sigurd Ring and his son Ragnar Lodbrok (i.e. Raumarike, Vingulmark and Westfold all the way to island of Grenmar). Thus he conquered Vermland, West Götaland and all the land south of Svinesund (modern Bohuslän) and claimed the shores of Viken as his own. He placed Hrane Gautske (Hrane the Geat) as Jarl of the land between Svinesund and Göta älv. In these territories the people accepted Erik as their king.

When King Harald Fairhair arrived at Tunsberg (in Viken, and at the time a trading town) from Trondheim he learnt of this and became very angy. He assembled the ting at Fold and accused the people of treason after which some had to accept his rule, while others were punished. He then spent the summer forcing Viken and Raumarike to accept his rule.

When the winter arrived Harald learnt that the Swedish king was in Vermland, after which he crossed the Ed forest and ordered the people to arrange a feast in his tribute.

The most powerful man in the province was a man named Åke, who had formerly been one of Halfdan the Black's men, and he invited both the Norwegian king and the Swedish king to his halls. Åke had built a new hall instead of his old one, which was ornamented in the same splendid manner, but the old hall only had old ornaments and hangings.

When the kings arrived, the Swedish king was placed in the old hall, whereas the Norwegian king was placed in the new one. The Norwegian king found himself in a hall with new gilded vessels carved with figures and shining like glass, full of the best liquor.

The next day, the kings prepared to leave. Bidding his farewell Åke gave to Harald's service his own twelve year old son Ubbe. Harald thanked Åke and promised him is friendship.

Then Åke talked to the Swedish king, who was in a bad mood. Åke gave him valuable gifts and followed the king on the road until they came to the woods. Erik asked Åke why he, who was his man, had made such a difference between him and the Norwegian king. Åke answered that there was nothing to blame Erik for but that he had got the old things and the old hall because he was old whereas the Norwegian king was in the bloom of his youth. Åke also answered the he was no less the Swedish king's man than the Swedish king was his man. Hearing the words of treason, Erik had no other choice but to slay the impudent and treacherous Åke.

When Harald learnt of this, he pursued the Swedish king until they saw the Swedish king, but then they had arrived at the border of Götaland and considered it best to return. Harald then spent the rest of the autumn killing all the Swedish king's men in Vermland.

In the winter, Harald plundered and burnt in Ranrike. Because of this the Norwegian skald Thorbjörn Hornklofe boasted that the Swedes stayed indoors whereas the Norwegians were out on the sea.
The Norseman's king is on the sea,
Tho' bitter wintry cold it be.
On the wild waves his Yule keeps he.
When our brisk king can get his way,
He'll no more by the fireside stay
Than the young sun; he makes us play
The game of the bright sun-god Frey.
But the soft Swede loves well the fire
The well-stuffed couch, the doway glove,
And from the hearth-seat will not move.

The Gauts (Geats) did not accept this and assembled their forces. In the spring, they put stakes in Göta älv to stop Harald's ships. Harald Fairhair put his ships alongside the stakes and plundered and burnt everything he could reach. The Norwegian skald said of this:

The king who finds a dainty feast,
For battle-bird and prowling beast,
Has won in war the southern land
That lies along the ocean's strand.
The leader of the helmets, he
Who leads his ships o'er the dark sea,
Harald, whose high-rigged masts appear
Like antlered fronts of the wild deer,
Has laid his ships close alongside
Of the foe's piles with daring pride.

The Geats arrived to the ships with a great army to fight king Harald, but they lost after great manfall. Then the Norwegians travelled far and wide in Götaland, winning most of the battles. In one of the battles, Rane Gautske fell. Harald then proclaimed himself the ruler of all land north of Göta älv and north and west of lake Vänern and placed Jarl Guthorm to defend the region with a large force.

Noted events in his life were:

• He was a King of Sweden and Goten.

Erik married.

Sources

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1 Brian C. Tompsett, Directory of Royal Genealogical (Datahttp://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html
Brian Tompsett
Department of Computer Science
University of Hull
Hull, UK, HU6 7RX
B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk).

2 Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/).

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Marriage: Unknown
Died: 882
Other names for Erik were Eric of Sweden Emundsson and Erik Eymundsson.

General Notes:

Erik Anundsson (d. 882) is the son of Anund Uppsale in Hervarar saga but is called Eymundsson by Snorri Sturluson. Since the preceeding king is confirmed as Anund by other sources (Rimbert and Adam of Bremen), Anundsson is probabl y the correct form of the patronym. The Swedish encyclopedia Nordisk familjebok identifies him with the legendary Swedish king Erik Weatherhat.

According to Hervarar saga he was preceded by his father Anund Uppsale and uncle BjÃ?rn at Hauge and he was succeeded by BjÃ?rn (III) Eriksson (the father of Eric the Victorious and Olof BjÃ?rnsson). The Heimskringla relates that Eri k died when Harald Fairhair had been king of all Norway for ten years, i.e. 882.

According to both Hervarar saga and Snorri, he fought wars against Harald Fairhair, the founder of the Norwegian kingdom. According to the Heimskringla, Erik was also the king of Westrogothia, Dalia, Bahusia and Wermelandia, but t he saga relates that he lost all of those provinces except for Westrogothia to Harald Fairhair.

In the Heimskringla

Snorri Sturluson relates that Erik wanted to make a kingdom for himself as large as that of the Swedish king Sigurd Ring and his son Ragnar Lodbrok (i.e. Raumarike, Vingulmark and Westfold all the way to island of Grenmar). Thus h e conquered Vermland, West GÃ?taland and all the land south of Svinesund (modern BohuslÃ?n) and claimed the shores of Viken as his own. He placed Hrane Gautske (Hrane the Geat) as Jarl of the land between Svinesund and GÃ?ta Ã?lv. In these territories the people accepted Erik as their king.

When King Harald Fairhair arrived at Tunsberg (in Viken, and at the time a trading town) from Trondheim he learnt of this and became very angy. He assembled the ting at Fold and accused the people of treason after which some had t o accept his rule, while others were punished. He then spent the summer forcing Viken and Raumarike to accept his rule.

When the winter arrived Harald learnt that the Swedish king was in Vermland, after which he crossed the Ed forest and ordered the people to arrange a feast in his tribute.

The most powerful man in the province was a man named Ã?ke, who had formerly been one of Halfdan the Black's men, and he invited both the Norwegian king and the Swedish king to his halls. Ã?ke had built a new hall instead of his old one, which was ornamented in the same splendid manner, but the old hall only had old ornaments and hangings.

When the kings arrived, the Swedish king was placed in the old hall, whereas the Norwegian king was placed in the new one. The Norwegian king found himself in a hall with new gilded vessels carved with figures and shining like gla ss, full of the best liquor.

The next day, the kings prepared to leave. Bidding his farewell Ã?ke gave to Harald's service his own twelve year old son Ubbe. Harald thanked Ã?ke and promised him is friendship.

Then Ã?ke talked to the Swedish king, who was in a bad mood. Ã?ke gave him valuable gifts and followed the king on the road until they came to the woods. Erik asked Ã?ke why he, who was his man, had made such a difference between him and the Norwegian king. Ã?ke answered that there was nothing to blame Erik for but that he had got the old things and the old hall because he was old whereas the Norwegian king was in the bloom of his youth. Ã?ke also answered the he was no less the Swedish king's man than the Swedish king was his man. Hearing the words of treason, Erik had no other choice but to slay the impudent and treacherous Ã?ke.

When Harald learnt of this, he pursued the Swedish king until they saw the Swedish king, but then they had arrived at the border of GÃ?taland and considered it best to return. Harald then spent the rest of the autumn killing all th e Swedish king's men in Vermland.

In the winter, Harald plundered and burnt in Ranrike. Because of this the Norwegian skald ThorbjÃ?rn Hornklofe boasted that the Swedes stayed indoors whereas the Norwegians were out on the sea.
The Norseman's king is on the sea,
Tho' bitter wintry cold it be.
On the wild waves his Yule keeps he.
When our brisk king can get his way,
He'll no more by the fireside stay
Than the young sun; he makes us play
The game of the bright sun-god Frey.
But the soft Swede loves well the fire
The well-stuffed couch, the doway glove,
And from the hearth-seat will not move.

The Gauts (Geats) did not accept this and assembled their forces. In the spring, they put stakes in GÃ?ta Ã?lv to stop Harald's ships. Harald Fairhair put his ships alongside the stakes and plundered and burnt everything he could re ach. The Norwegian skald said of this:

The king who finds a dainty feast,
For battle-bird and prowling beast,
Has won in war the southern land
That lies along the ocean's strand.
The leader of the helmets, he
Who leads his ships o'er the dark sea,
Harald, whose high-rigged masts appear
Like antlered fronts of the wild deer,
Has laid his ships close alongside
Of the foe's piles with daring pride.

The Geats arrived to the ships with a great army to fight king Harald, but they lost after great manfall. Then the Norwegians travelled far and wide in GÃ?taland, winning most of the battles. In one of the battles, Rane Gautske fel l. Harald then proclaimed himself the ruler of all land north of GÃ?ta Ã?lv and north and west of lake VÃ?nern and placed Jarl Guthorm to defend the region with a large force.

Noted events in his life were:

â?? He was a King of Sweden and Goten.

Erik married.

Sources

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1 Brian C. Tompsett, Directory of Royal Genealogical (Datahttp://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html
Brian Tompsett
Department of Computer Science
University of Hull
Hull, UK, HU6 7RX
B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk).

2 Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/).
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Kung av Sverige
Äktenskap: Okänd
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Yrke: Sveakung i Uppsala
Far: Emund Eriksson (832 - 860)

Född: omkring 849 Björkö 1)
Död: 882 Björkö 2)

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Familj med ?
Barn: Björn Eriksson (867 - 956)

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Noteringar
Om Harald 'Hårfager' heter det, att han, genast efter mötet i Wermland med Erik Emundsson 'Wäderhatt' och kalaset hos Åke Bonde, underlade sig hela det landet.
Torgny lagman tog till orda och sade: 'Annorlunda är nu sveakungars sinnelag än det förr haver varit. Torgny, min farfader, mindes Uppsalakungen Erik Emundsson och sade om honom, att medan han var i sin lättaste ålder hade han var sommar krigshär ute och lade under sig Finland, Kyrialand, Estland, Kurland och många andra länder i öster; dock var han icke så högmodig att han ej ville lyssna till de män som hade något viktigt att framställa för honom. (Källa: Den svenska historien sid 80, Alf Henriksson)

Genom att vrida på hatten gynnades denne alltid av gott väder!
(Källa: Sveriges Regenter, Lars O. Lagerqvist)

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Källor
1) Jacob Holdts hemsida, USA
2) Lars O. Lagerqvist, Sverige och dess regenter under 1000 år

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Biografi
Sveakung i Uppsala. Born 849 in Björkö-Arholma (AB). Died 900 in Björkö-Arholma (AB). Om Harald 'Hårfager' heter det, att han, genast efter mötet i Wermland med Erik Edmundsson 'Wäderhatt' och kalaset hos Åke Bonde, underlade sig hela det landet. Torgny lagman tog till orda och sade: 'Annorlunda är nu sveakungars sinnelag än det förr haver varit. Torgny, min farfader, mindes Uppsalakungen Erik Emundsson och sade om honom, att medan han var i sin lättaste ålder hade han var sommar krigshär ute och lade under sig Finland, Kyrialand, Estland, Kurland och många andra länder i öster; dock var han icke så högmodig att han ej ville lyssna till de män som hade något viktigt att framställa för honom. (Källa: Den svenska historien sid 80, Alf Henriksson)

Erik Anundsson nämns av Hervarar saga som en sveakung som låg i krig med Harald Hårfagre. I Ynglinga saga kallas han för Erik Emundsson och nämner att han även var kung av Västergötland, Dalsland, Bohuslän och Värmland och att han förlorade alla utom Västergötland till Harald Hårfagre.

Enligt Snorre besökte han stormannen Åke i Värmland samtidigt som Harald Hårfagre. Åke placerade Erik i en gammal hall med gamla dryckeskärl, medan han placerade Harald i en ny med nya kärl. När Erik klagade svarade Åke att Erik var en gammal man medan Harald var en ung man i sin bästa ålder. Detta gjorde Erik så arg att han dräpte Åke.

Enligt Hervarar saga företräddes han av bröderna Björn på Håga och Anund Uppsale och efterträddes av Björn Eriksson (Erik Segersälls och Olof (II) Björnssons far). Enligt Nordisk familjebok hette han dock Erik Emundsson och var samma kung som Erik Väderhatt.

"Heimskringla" skriver Snorre Sturlasson (ca 1178-1241) hur folket i Ranrike accepterar svearnas sagokung Erik Emundsson som sin härskare. För detta straffas de av den norske kungen Harald Hårfager (död ca 945), som tillbringar en vinter med att angripa området från havet.

Gifte och barn
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Married
Björn IV Eriksson.

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Erik V, Emunds Søn, fik Tilnavnet Veirhat fordi han bestandig
havde Medbør paa sine Sjøtog. Han gjæstede især Landene
paa hiin Side Østersjøen. Døde 885. Hans Søn Bjørn IV styrede
lykkeligt i 50 Aar.

1.
Erik Väderhatt was a more or less mythical Swedish king. The cognomen Weatherhat refers to the fact that his ships always had good wind when he pillaged around the Baltic Sea.
His place in the Swedish line of kings is mysterious, and so he is either considered to be the same as Erik Emundsson or, according to Gesta Danorum, one of Ragnar Lodbrok's sons. See Saxo's kings of Sweden.

Erik II Väderhatt av Munsöätten var son till Ragnar Lodbrok och Tora Borgarhjort. Tillnamnet "Väderhatt" fick han eftersom han troddes vara trollkunnig på grund av att han alltid hade fördelaktig vind på sina härfärder.

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De fleste vikinger havde en form for jernhat af jernbånd eller en rigtig hjelm. Konger og hærførere havde særligt flotte hjelme, så det var nemt for hirdmændene at følge dem og beskytte dem i kampen. En konge Erik vejrhat, havde et lille flag på hjelmen, Guldharald havde en guldhjelm med massiv guldspids. Der findes en gravsten med en afbildning af en mand som ofrer en hest. Manden er iført en hornet hjelm, så man ved, at disse hjelme fandtes i vikingetiden. I Danmark fandtes en lokal tradition for hornede hjelme helt frem til 1600-tallet. Der kan derfor ikke være tvivl om, at nogle få vikingehjelme har haft horn. Men de, som bar hornene kæmpede næppe i den første række.

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Eric Anundsson
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Eric Anundsson/Eymundsson (d. 882) was a Swedish king who ruled during the 9th century. The Swedish encyclopedia Nordisk familjebok identifies Eric with the legendary Swedish king Erik Weatherhat.
He is given as the son of Anund Uppsale in Hervarar saga:
Eiríkr hét sonr önundar konungs, er ríki tók eptir föður sinn at Uppsölum; hann var ríkr konungr. Á hans dögum hófst til ríkis í Noregi Haraldr hárfagri, er fyrstr kom einvaldi í Noreg sinna ættmanna.[1]
Eric was the son of king Anund, and he succeeded his father at Uppsala; he was a rich king. During his reign, Harald Fairhair came to power in Norway, Harald was the first of his kin to reign as a monarch in Norway.
However, the Eric who was contemporary with Harald Fairhair is called Eymundsson by Snorri Sturluson. Since the preceding king is confirmed as Anund by other sources (Rimbert and Adam of Bremen), Anundsson is probably the correct form of the patronym. The names Eymund and Anund were equivalent enough for the later king Anund Jacob to be called Emund (Eymund), in the Westrogothic law. Consequently, Eric's patronym would not be the only instance where the two names were confused.
According to Hervarar saga, he was preceded by his father Anund Uppsale and uncle Björn at Hauge and he was succeeded by Björn (the father of Eric the Victorious and Olof Björnsson). Landnámabók informs that Eric and his son Björn ruled during the time of the Pope Adrian II and Pope John VIII, i.e. in the period 867-883, the time of the first settlement of Iceland. Harald Fairhair's saga relates that Erik died when Harald Fairhair had been king of all Norway for ten years, i.e. 882.
Erik is mentioned in several places in the Heimskringla. In the saga of Olaf Haraldsson, Thorgny Lawspeaker relates:
My grandfather Thorgny could well remember the Uppsala king Eirik Eymundson, and used to say of him that when he was in his best years he went out every summer on expeditions to different countries, and conquered for himself Finland, Kirjalaland, Courland, Esthonia, and the eastern countries all around; and at the present day the earth-bulwarks, ramparts, and other great works which he made are to be seen. And, more over, he was not so proud that he would not listen to people who had anything to say to him.
In Harald Fairhair's saga, Snorri Sturluson relates that Erik also wanted to extend Sweden westwards and to make a kingdom for himself as large as that of the Swedish king Sigurd Ring and his son Ragnar Lodbrok (i.e. Raumarike, Vingulmark and Westfold all the way to island of Grenmar). Thus he conquered Vermland, West Götaland and all the land south of Svinesund (modern Bohuslän) and claimed the shores of Viken as his own. He placed Hrane Gautske (Hrane the Geat) as Jarl of the land between Svinesund and Göta älv. In these territories the people accepted Erik as their king.
When King Harald Fairhair arrived at Tønsberg (in Viken, and at the time a trading town) from Trondheim he learnt of this and became very angry. He assembled the ting at Fold and accused the people of treason after which some had to accept his rule, while others were punished. He then spent the summer forcing Viken and Raumarike to accept his rule.
When the winter arrived Harald learnt that the Swedish king was in Vermland, after which he crossed the Ed forest and ordered the people to arrange a feast in his tribute.
The most powerful man in the province was a man named Åke, who had formerly been one of Halfdan the Black's men, and he invited both the Norwegian king and the Swedish king to his halls. Åke had built a new hall instead of his old one, which was ornamented in the same splendid manner, but the old hall only had old ornaments and hangings.
When the kings arrived, the Swedish king was placed in the old hall, whereas the Norwegian king was placed in the new one. The Norwegian king found himself in a hall with new gilded vessels carved with figures and shining like glass, full of the best liquor.
The next day, the kings prepared to leave. Bidding his farewell Åke gave to Harald's service his own twelve year old son Ubbe. Harald thanked Åke and promised him is friendship.
Then Åke talked to the Swedish king, who was in a bad mood. Åke gave him valuable gifts and followed the king on the road until they came to the woods. Erik asked Åke why he, who was his man, had made such a difference between him and the Norwegian king. Åke answered that there was nothing to blame Erik for but that he had got the old things and the old hall because he was old whereas the Norwegian king was in the bloom of his youth. Åke also answered the he was no less the Swedish king's man than the Swedish king was his man. Hearing the words of treason, Erik had no other choice but to slay the impudent and treacherous Åke.
When Harald learnt of this, he pursued the Swedish king until they saw the Swedish king, but then they had arrived at the border of Götaland and considered it best to return. Harald then spent the rest of the autumn killing all the Swedish king's men in Vermland.
In the winter, Harald plundered and burnt in Ranrike. Then the Norwegians invaded Götaland and travelled far and wide in Götaland, winning most of the battles. In one of the battles, Hrane Gautske fell. Harald then proclaimed himself the ruler of all land north of Göta älv and north and west of lake Vänern and placed Guttorm Haraldsson to defend the region with a large force.