Torkel Styrbjörnsson

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Torkel Styrbjörnsson, Torgils, Sprakalägg or Sprakling is considered^[who?] to have been the son of the disinherited Swedish prince Styrbjörn the Strong, the son of king Olof (II) Björnsson of Sweden.^{[citation needed]} His mother was Tyra,^{[citation needed]} the daughter of Harold Bluetooth (king of Denmark and Norway).

He died at the Battle of Swold.^{[citation needed]}

Children:

1. Ulf Jarl (d. 1027), the Jarl of Canute the Great in Denmark and Danish steward.
2. Gytha Thorkelsdóttir who was to marry Godwin, Earl of Wessex.