Dansk Biografisk Lexicon Carl Fr. Bricka Project Runeberg (1887-1905) Svend Alfifasen, o.1015-o 1036, king in Norway, was a son of king Knud/Cnut the Great and his mistress (consort) Aelfgifu, a daughter of ealdorman Aelfhelm in Deira. When Knud married queen Emma (1017 ), he sent Aelfgifu with her sons Harald and S. to Denmark. S. was later appointed chief at Jomsborg.After Knud had conquered Norway he let S., who by his side had Aelfgifu and Harald, Thorkil Jarl's son, as advisors, take over the rule (1030). S. was, without contradiction, elected king at all the land's things; he was handsome and benevolent, and the Norwegians admitted that he kept good peace in the country. Various laws, which he carried through, awoke some aversion - several laws were adopted in the later legislation, and his power-hungry mother was hated; and since crop failures happened, and since miracles were seen at the killed king Olaf's grave, announcing his holyness, the public feeling turned against the foreign rule, and the Thronds fetched Olaf's son Magnus in Russia. At his arrival S. and his mother had to flee to Denmark, where S. died shortly after (ab. 1036). Munch, Det norske Folks Hist. I, 2, 813 ff. Steenstrup, Normannerne III. Johannes C. H. R. Steenstrup. Harald Harefod, --1040, king, a son of Knud/Cnut the Great and Aelfgifu of Northampton. When Knud married Emma in 1017, he removed Aelfgifu and her sons. H. was for a time king in Denmark with Thorkel the Tall as his assistant and guardian; later he resided in England. At Knud's death in 1035, the northern provinces and the sailors in London - who was the pro-Danish part of the country, and who did not like Knud's English- National politics - joined with H., while the land-army and the southern provinces acknowledged Hardicanute.When his arrival to England was delayed, and while Aelfgifu with gifts and tempting banquets aimed at attracting Hardicanute's friends, H. was elected king of all England in 1037, whereafter Emma was chasen out of the country. H.'s kingom did not last for long, since he after a long sickbed died in Oxford 17. March 1040; he was buried in Westminster. H. seemed to be of an ambitious and violent character, and it was told that he found more joy in hunts and dogs than in church attendance. Freeman, Norman Conquest I. Dictionary of National Biography XXIV. Steenstrup, Normannerne III. Johannes C. H. R. Steenstrup. Dansk Biografisk Lexicon Carl Fr. Bricka Project Runeberg (1887-1905)
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