Adalvard is the name of two clergymen who were active in Sweden during its Christianization in the 11th century.
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Adalvard the Elder
Adalvard the Elder (dead c. 1064) was a German clergyman. He was first the dean of Archdiocese of Bremen, Bremen, but he was sent to the diocese of Skara in Sweden, as bishop during the early 1060s. Adam of Bremen wrote well of him, and tells that ...
(died c. 1064), bishop of Skara
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Adalvard the Younger
Adalvard the Younger (dead before 1072) was a German missionary bishop from Bremen who was active in Sigtuna, in Sweden, in the 1060s. According to Adam of Bremen, Adalvard tried to make the Swedish king Stenkil close the great temple at Uppsala. T ...
(died b. 1072), his successor in Skara
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