Anund Gårdske

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Anund of Gardarike, in Swedish Anund Gårdske, was the king of Sweden c. 1070 according to Adam of Bremen's Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum^[1]. According to this source, Anund came from Kievan Rus'^[1], presumably from Aldeigjuborg. Gårdske means that he came from Gardariki which was one of the Scandinavian names for Kievan Rus'. As a Christian he refused to sacrifice to the Norse gods at the Temple at Uppsala and was consequently deposed, in 1070^[1].

A hypothesis suggests that Anund and Inge the Elder were the same person, as several sources mention Inge as a fervent Christian, and the Hervarar saga describes how Inge also was rejected for refusing to administer the blóts and that he was exiled in Västergötland^[2].

[edit] Notes and references

^ ^a ^b ^c The article Anund in Nationalencyklopedin.
^ The article Inge in Nordisk familjebok (1910).

Regnal titles
Anund Gårdske
Preceded by Halsten as King of Sweden	King of Uppland 1070-1075	Succeeded by Haakon the Red as King of Sweden

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