Erik Refilsson was a
legendary king of Sweden
The legendary kings of Sweden () according to legends were rulers of Sweden and the Swedes who preceded Eric the Victorious and Olof Skötkonung, the earliest reliably attested Swedish kings. Though the stories of some of the kings may be embel ...
of the
House of Munsö
The House of Munsö (), also called the House of Björn Ironside (Swedish: ), the House of Uppsala (Swedish: ) or simply the Old dynasty (Swedish: ), is the earliest reliably attested royal dynasty of Sweden, ruling during the Viking Age. None of ...
, who lived in the late 9th century. One of the few surviving Scandinavian sources that deal with Swedish kings from this time is ''
Hervarar saga''. The saga is from the 12th or 13th century and is thus not considered a reliable historical source for the 9th century. It says:
Notes and references
See also
*
Early Swedish History
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Semi-legendary kings of Sweden
9th-century rulers in Europe
House of Munsö
9th-century Swedish people