What is Sweyn Forkbeard's full name?
Sweyn Forkbeard
Sweyn Forkbeard date of birth:
960
How old was Sweyn Forkbeard when died?
54
When did Sweyn Forkbeard die?
February 3, 1014
Is Sweyn Forkbeard gay or straight?
Straight
What is Sweyn Forkbeard's ethnicity?
White
What is Sweyn Forkbeard nationality?
Danish
What is Sweyn Forkbeard's occupation?
Royalty
Short Biography
Sweyn I Forkbeard, in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, in English Sven the Dane, also known as Swegen and Tuck (Old Norse: Sveinn Tjúguskegg, Danish: , originally Tjugeskæg or Tyvskæg, Norwegian: , Swedish: ) (c. 960 – 3 February 1014), was king of Denmark and England, as well as parts of Norway. He was a Viking leader and the father of Cnut the Great. On his father Harald Bluetooth's death in late 986 or early 987, he became King of Denmark; in 1000, with allegiance of the Trondejarl, Erik of Lade, he was ruler over most of Norway. After a long effort at conquest, and shortly before his death, in 1013 he became the first of the Danish Kings of England.