Sweyn is a Scandinavian masculine

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. Notable people with the surname include: Kings: *

Sweyn Forkbeard Sweyn Forkbeard ( ; ; 17 April 963 – 3 February 1014) was King of Denmark from 986 until his death, King of England for five weeks from December 1013 until his death, and King of Norway from 999/1000 until 1014. He was the father of King Ha ...

(960–1014), King of Denmark, England, and Norway as Sweyn I * Sweyn or

Svein Knutsson Svein Knutsson ( ; c. 1016–1035) was the son of Cnut the Great, king of Denmark, Norway, and England, and his first wife Ælfgifu of Northampton, a Mercian noblewoman. In 1017 Cnut married Emma of Normandy, but there is no evidence that Ælfg ...

(c. 1016–1035), King of Norway as Sweyn II *

Sweyn II of Denmark Sweyn II ( – 28 April 1076), also known as Sweyn Estridsson (, ) and Sweyn Ulfsson, was King of Denmark from 1047 until his death in 1076. He was the son of Ulf Thorgilsson and Estrid Svendsdatter, and the grandson of Sweyn Forkbeard through ...

(1019–1076), King of Denmark *

Blot-Sweyn Blot-Sweyn (Swedish: ''Blot-Sven'') was a Sweden, Swedish king c. 1080, of disputed historicity, who was said to have replaced his Christians, Christian brother-in-law Inge I of Sweden, Inge as King of Sweden, when Inge had refused to administer t ...

or Sweyn the Sacrificer (died 1087), pagan King of Sweden *

Sweyn III of Denmark Sweyn III GratheFor the significance of the epithet, see (; – 23 October 1157) was the king of Denmark between 1146 and 1157, in shifting alliances with Canute V and his own cousin Valdemar I of Denmark, Valdemar I. In 1157, the three agreed ...

(1125–1157), King of Denmark Others: *

Sweyn Haakonsson Sweyn Haakonsson (Old Norse: ''Sveinn Hákonarson'', ) (died c. 1016) was an earl of the house of Hlaðir and co-ruler of Norway from 1000 to c. 1015. He was the son of earl Hákon Sigurðarson. He is first mentioned in connection with the batt ...

(died c. 1016), an earl and co-ruler of Norway from 1000 to c. 1015 *

Sweyn Godwinson Sweyn Godwinson () ( 1020 – 1052), also spelled Swein, was the eldest son of Earl Godwin of Wessex, and brother of Harold II of England. Early life In 1043 Sweyn was raised to an earldom which included Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Oxf ...

(c. 1020–1052), Earl of Herefordshire, brother of Harold Godwinson, last Anglo-Saxon king of England *

Sweyn the Crusader Sweyn the Crusader (); 1050 – 1097 at Philomelium (modern-day Akşehir, Turkey) was a Danish crusader. Biography Sweyn was born in Denmark, a son of King Sweyn II of Denmark, and husband of Florine of Burgundy. He is famous for his partici ...

(c. 1050-1097), Danish participant in the First Crusade, son of Sweyn II of Denmark *

Sweyn Asleifsson Sweyn Asleifsson or Sveinn Ásleifarson ( 1115 – 1171) was a 12th-century Viking who appears in the '' Orkneyinga Saga''. Early career Sweyn was born in Caithness in the early twelfth century, to Olaf Hrolfsson and his wife Åsleik. According t ...

(c. 1115–1171), a Viking who appears in the ''Orkneyinga Saga''

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