Adalvard the Elder (dead c. 1064) was a German clergyman. He was first the dean of Bremen, but he was sent to the diocese of Skara in Sweden, as bishop during the early 1060s.

Adam of Bremen Adam of Bremen ( la, Adamus Bremensis; german: Adam von Bremen) (before 1050 – 12 October 1081/1085) was a German medieval chronicler. He lived and worked in the second half of the eleventh century. Adam is most famous for his chronicle ''Gesta ...

wrote well of him, and tells that he made missionary attempts in

Värmland Värmland () also known as Wermeland, is a '' landskap'' (historical province) in west-central Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Dalsland, Dalarna, Västmanland, and Närke, and is bounded by Norway in the west. Latin name versions are '' ...

. In Skara Cathedral a chalice was found with the inscription ''Adalwardus Peccator'' (Adalvard the sinner). He was succeeded by

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 ...

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* *{{citation, first=Göran , last=Tegnér , contribution=Adalvardskalken , url=http://histvarld.historiska.se/histvarld/sok/artikel.asp?id=10007 , title=Vikingatidens ABC , year=1995 , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070902074955/http://histvarld.historiska.se/histvarld/sok/artikel.asp?id=10007 , archivedate=2007-09-02 1060s deaths Year of birth unknown 11th-century bishops in Sweden 11th-century German clergy