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	Sweyn II of Denmark - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sweyn seems to have been able to read and write, and he is the source of much of our current knowledge about Denmark in the 9th and 10th centuries, having told the story of his ancestry to historian Adam of Bremen around 1070.
		Sweyn's first marriage was to a girl to whom he was distantly related, and it was ordered by the Pope to dissolve the union, which he did, only to take one mistress after another during the rest of his life.
		Sweyn Estridsson fathered at least 19 children, probably more, and while none of them were born in wedlock, and none of their mothers are known, five of his numerous sons became kings after their father, beginning with Harald Hen in 1076 and ending with King Niels, who was murdered in 1134.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Sweyn_Estridson (326 words)

	Denmark - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Denmark, however, is nowhere low in the sense in which Holland is; the country is pleasantly diversified, and rises a little at the coast even though it remains flat inland.
		The population of Denmark in 1901 was 2,449,540.
		Frederick II., in his later years (1571-1588), aspired to the dominion of all the seas which washed the Scandinavian coasts, and before he died he was able to enforce the rule that all foreign ships should strike their topsails to Danish men-of-war as a token of his right to rule the northern seas.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /D/DE/DENMARK.htm (15760 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He was the son of Ulf Thorgilsson and Estrid Margarete Svendsdatter, daughter of Sweyn I of Denmark and sister of Canute the Great.
		Sweyn fathered at least 19 children, probably more, and while none of them were born in wedlock, and none of their mothers are known, five of his numerous sons became kings after their father, beginning with Harald III Hen in 1074 and ending with King Niels of Denmark, who was murdered in 1134.
		Sweyn is often considered to be Denmark's last Viking king as well as the first medieval one.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Sweyn_Estridsen (511 words)

	Denmark - MSN Encarta
		Harold’s son, Sweyn I, conquered all of England in 1013 and 1014.
		A temporary decline in Danish power after the death of Christopher II in 1332 was followed, in the reign of Waldemar IV, by the reestablishment of Denmark as the leading political power on the Baltic Sea.
		Denmark was badly defeated and lost several of its Baltic islands and all of its territory on the Scandinavian Peninsula except Norway.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761577747_9/Denmark.html (1031 words)

	Denmark Encyclopedia Article @ EveryLast.Net (Every Last Net) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Denmark is a constitutional monarchy, one of the oldest monarchies in the world, and is part of the European Union.
		Denmark is one of the elected members of the UN Security Council and is a leader in the "Scandinavian Model" of public services.
		Denmark is a net exporter of food and energy and has a comfortable balance of payments surplus and zero net foreign debt.
	everylast.net /encyclopedia/Denmark (4456 words)

	Sweyn I of Denmark
		Sweyn I "Forkbeard" (sometimes Svein Haraldsson; in Danish, Svend Tveskæg) (circa 965 - February 3, 1014) succeeded his father Harold I as king of Denmark in 986.
		After participating in a Norwegian-led raid against England in 994-995, Sweyn embarked on a series of full-scale invasions (1003-1005, 1006-1007, 1009-1012 and 1013) following the St.
		He was succeeded as King of Denmark by his elder son, Harold II[?], and as King of England by his younger son Canute the Great.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/sw/Sweyn_I_of_Denmark.html (163 words)

	Denmark - ninemsn Encarta
		Denmark introduced one of the world’s first welfare state systems in the 1930s and remains among the most advanced.
		Denmark is a member of the United Nations, the European Union, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and NATO.
		A temporary decline in Danish power after the death of Christopher II in 1332 was followed, in the reign (1340-1375) of Waldemar IV, by the re-establishment of Denmark as the leading Baltic power; the Hanseatic League of German merchants and cities controlled trade, however.
	au.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761577747_7/Denmark.html (721 words)

	Denmark - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In the late 16th and early 17th cent., Denmark had a brilliant court, with a brisk intellectual and cultural life; the astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) was a major figure, and the Danish Renaissance style of architecture (strongly influenced by that of the Low Countries) was developed.
		Denmark was involved in numerous wars with Sweden and other neighbors; the participation of Christian IV (reigned 1588-1648) in the Thirty Years War (1618-48) and the wars of Frederick III (reigned 1648-70) with Sweden caused Denmark to lose its hegemony in the north to Sweden.
		Denmark was defeated and agreed in the London Protocol of 1852 to preserve a special status for the two duchies.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-denmark.html (2168 words)

	Denmark. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Denmark’s main exports are agricultural and industrial machinery, teak and oak furniture, meat, fish, and metals and metal manufactures; the chief imports are machinery, metals, motor vehicles, and fuels.
		In the late 16th and early 17th cent., Denmark had a brilliant court, with a brisk intellectual and cultural life; the astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546–1601) was a major figure, and the Danish Renaissance style of architecture (strongly influenced by that of the Low Countries) was developed.
		Denmark was involved in numerous wars with Sweden and other neighbors; the participation of Christian IV (reigned 1588–1648) in the Thirty Years War (1618–48) and the wars of Frederick III (reigned 1648–70) with Sweden caused Denmark to lose its hegemony in the north to Sweden.
	www.bartleby.com /65/de/Denmark.html (1996 words)

	Denmark
		She was the daughter of Frederick II of Denmark and Norway, and married James in 1589.
		Christian III (1503-59), king of Denmark and Norway (1534-59), the son of Frederick I. Christian established Lutheranism as the state religion in all his dominions, defeating a strong Roman Catholic opposition and confiscating the lands and properties of the church.
		Sweyn was the son of Harold Bluetooth and the father of Canute.
	website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/denmark.htm (2882 words)

	Denmark : In Depth : History \| Frommers.com
		Historians conclude that Denmark was a land of frequent migrations, frequent annihilations of one tribal unit by another, and frequent changeovers of the racial texture of the peninsula as one tribe of people was either annihilated or ousted by others.
		Part of Denmark's military and mercantile success derived from the general weakness of the German states to the south; part of it was because of a population explosion within Denmark, which increased the pressure for colonization.
		Denmark, thanks to its control of the narrow straits near Copenhagen, its ownership of such Baltic islands as Ösel and Gotland, and, in the Atlantic, its control of Iceland and the Faroe Islands, could be accused of being far more imperial than its size, and present-day pacifism, would imply.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/denmark/0220020044.html (3269 words)

	Sweyn II - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sweyn I : Danish invasion of England: Ethelred II
		Sweyn III (?-1157), claimant to the throne of Denmark, remembered as an unpopular and lawless ruler.
		Sweyn III was the son of the king of Denmark,...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Sweyn_II.html (125 words)

	Sweyn I of Denmark information information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sweyn is rarely recorded as having used this name though, and the inscriptions on his coinage and fact that he was accepted by the English Witan as king Sweyn seem to corroborate this.
		Sweyn was based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, and began to organize his vast new kingdom, but he died there on February 3rd 1014, having ruled England unopposed for only five weeks.
		Sweyn Forkbeard's nickname, which was probably used during his lifetime, refers to a long, pitchfork-like moustache, a "tjuge" in Old Norse, not to a full beard.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Sweyn_I_of_Denmark (1347 words)

	Sweyn II of Denmark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was the son of Ulf Thorgilsson and Estrid Margarete Svendsdatter, daughter of Sweyn I of Denmark and sister of Canute the Great.
		Sweyn fathered at least 19 children, probably more, and while none of them were born in wedlock, and none of their mothers are known, five of his numerous sons became kings after their father, beginning with Harald III Hen in 1076 and ending with King Niels of Denmark, who was murdered in 1134.
		Sweyn is often considered to be Denmark's first medieval king.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sweyn_II_of_Denmark (584 words)

	Medieval Scandinavian Kingdoms (A
		Denmark was founded by Gorm the Old, and Norway by Harald Fairhair, about A. 875 while Sweden was founded by the royal race of the Ynglingar about A. Political History of Denmark.
		She caused the immense rampart of the Dannevirke to be erected across the peninsula of Denmark at the southern end of Schleswig.
		In 1241 he gave Denmark her first uniform code of laws, a code which remained in force for almost four and a half centuries, and was not wholly abolished even then.
	www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/MedScan.html (4503 words)

	The History Bookshop
		Sweyn of Denmark invades England with his biggest army to date.
		He is succeeded in Denmark by Sweyn II and in Norway by Harold Hardraada.
		Sweyn, king of Denmark, kills Olaf I in battle and conquers Norway.
	www.historybookshop.com /timelines/british-isles-1000-49.htm (1307 words)

	World Homes Network - Denmark
		On the death of Christopher II in 1332, Denmark was torn by internal strife to the point of disintegration.
		During the 16th century Denmark was one of the great powers of Europe, the reign of Frederick II (1559-88) and the early part of the reign of Christian IV (1588-1648) being the period of the country's greatest strength, although in 1563- 70 there was a disastrous attempt to regain Sweden.
		Denmark wished to remain neutral, and if this was not possible was resolved to attack even France; but a British fleet was dispatched in 1807 to take possession of the Danish fleet, and at the same time to offer Denmark very generous terms.
	www.world-homes.net /atlas/europe/Scandanavia/denmark/denmark.htm (3712 words)

	Medieval Scandinavian Kingdoms (A
		Denmark was founded by Gorm the Old, and Norway by Harald Fairhair, about A. 875 while Sweden was founded by the royal race of the Ynglingar about A. Political History of Denmark.
		She caused the immense rampart of the Dannevirke to be erected across the peninsula of Denmark at the southern end of Schleswig.
		In 1241 he gave Denmark her first uniform code of laws, a code which remained in force for almost four and a half centuries, and was not wholly abolished even then.
	unx1.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/MedScan.html (4503 words)

	Hedeby - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		A Swedish dynasty founded by Olof the Brash is said to have ruled Hedeby during the last decades of the 9th century and the first part of the 10th century.
		This was told to Adam of Bremen by the Danish king Sweyn Estridsson, and it is supported by three runestones found in Denmark.
		The town was sacked in 1050 by King Harold Hardrada of Norway during the course of a conflict with King Sweyn II of Denmark.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Hedeby (1608 words)

	Learn about Copenhagen's rich history
		Canute’s son, Sweyn II, was passed the crown of Denmark.
		Denmark’s Frederik III attempted to regain the lost territories but was defeated in battle by Sweden’s King Charles X Frederik later crowned himself Denmark’s first absolute monarch in October of 1660.
		Denmark was victorious and gained control of territories in northern Germany.
	www.internationalcircuit.com /copenhagen-denmark/history.html (672 words)

	Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
		King of Denmark from 986, King of Norway from 995 and King of England (in all but name) in the latter months of 1013.
		Sweyn was married twice, his first wife, Gunhilda, bore him five children: Gytha, Harald, Cnut, Thyra and Estrith.
		Sweyn reigned but briefly though as he died in 1014 at Gainsborough in Lincolnshire as a result of falling from his mount.
	www.camelotintl.com /heritage/rulers/sweyn.html (193 words)

	Sweyn I of Denmark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sweyn and the Jomsvikings at the funeral of Harald
		Sweyn is depicted as a rebel, leading a 987 uprising against his father, then chasing Harald out of the country, forcing him to flee to Wendland, Germany.
		Sweyn's grandfather Gorm and father Harold Bluetooth are considered to have laid the foundation for a centralized Danish monarchy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sweyn_I_of_Denmark (1661 words)

	Denmark — FactMonster.com
		Sweyn's son, Canute the Great, who reigned from 1014 to 1035, united Denmark, England, and Norway under his rule; the southern tip of Sweden was part of Denmark until the 17th century.
		Denmark supported Napoléon, for which it was punished at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 by the loss of Norway to Sweden.
		Denmark was the only occupied country in World War II to save all its Jews from extermination, by smuggling them out of the country.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107460.html (831 words)

	Sweyn II of Denmark Information
		Later on he allied with Harald Hardråde and made vain attempts on conquering Denmark but after the death of Magnus 1047 he was at last proclaimed a king.
		Sweyn Estridsson fathered at least 19 children, probably more, and while none of them were born in wedlock, and none of their mothers are known, five of his numerous sons became kings after their father, beginning with Harald III Hen in 1076 and ending with King Niels, who was murdered in 1134.
		His line of male descendants effectively died out in 1375 when King Valdemar IV died, and the new King had to be found among the sons of his female descendants.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Sweyn_II_of_Denmark (393 words)

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		King Sweyn II who divided Denmark into eight domestic dioceses was overthrown by Valdemar I who reunited the country.
		In 1830s Denmark was awakened to cultural reforms.This time gave rise to many prominent figures and is considered as the Golden Age.
		Climate - The average temperature in March is around 2.1 degree C and in May is 10.8 degree C, In July and August its 15.6 degree Cand 9.1 degree C in October and 1.6 degree C in December.
	www.scantour.com /about-denmark.html (544 words)

	History of the Monarchy > The Anglo-Saxon kings > Ethelred II
		Ethelred, the younger son of Edgar, became king at the age of seven following the murder of his half-brother Edward II in 978 at Corfe Castle, Dorset, by Edward's own supporters.
		In 1013, Ethelred fled to Normandy when the powerful Viking Sweyn of Denmark dispossessed him.
		Ethelred returned to rule after Sweyn's death in 1014, but died himself in 1016.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page32.asp (250 words)

	Sweyn. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Sweyn was expelled shortly after his accession by the Swedish king Eric the Victorious, but his subsequent marriage to Eric’s widow led to his restoration to the Danish throne and to an alliance with Sweden.
		Sweyn had previously invaded England and exacted Danegeld from King Æthelred.
		His son Canute succeeded him in England (1016) and Denmark (1018).
	www.bartleby.com /65/sw/Sweyn.html (178 words)

	Article Canute II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Canute, the son of Sweyn I Forkbeard, king of the Danes, conquered England in 1013.
		Forcing Olaf into exile in 1028, Canute installed his young son, Sweyn, to govern Norway; after Olaf's fall at Stiklestad in 1030 his rule was unchallenged.
		Two sons separately ascended the thrones of England and Denmark, while the son of Olaf II succeeded in Norway.
	international.fullerton.edu /denmark/canute_ii.htm (260 words)

	Viking Invaders, Denmark, King Sweyn
		SWEYN I, in Danish, Svend I, was called Sweyn Forkbeard (960?-1014), king of Denmark (985?-1014).
		Following a massacre of Danes in England in 1002, he conducted a further series of raids and in 1013 led an invasion to effect a permanent conquest.
		During his last campaign, in England (994) with Sweyn I Forkbeard of Denmark, he was converted to Christianity, and the following year he returned to Norway, where a rebellion had erupted against the pagan Earl Hakon (937?-95).
	home.westserv.net.au /~derns/zweyn.htm (1133 words)

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