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Also known as Anund, King of Sweden

King of Sweden from 1022 until 1050 (1008-1050)

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Norway
Active from
1980-07-04
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  3. A Coefficient of Agreement for Nominal Scales

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  5. Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences

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Key facts

Reign
1022–1050
Predecessor
Olof Skötkonung
Successor
Emund the Old
Born
c. 25 July 1008 or 1010
Died
1050 (aged 41 – 42)
Consort
Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir
Issue
Gyda, Queen of Denmark
House
House of Munsö
Father
Olof Skötkonung
Mother
Estrid of the Obotrites
Religion
Chalcedonian Christianity

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Encyclopedic overview

Anund Jacob, also Jakob or James (Old Norse: Ǫnundr Jakob; c. 25 July 1008/10 - c. 1050), was King of Sweden from 1022 until around 1050. He is believed to have been born on 25 July, in either 1008 or 1010 as Jakob, the son of King Olof Skötkonung and Queen Estrid. Being the second Christian king of the Swedish realm, his long and partly turbulent reign saw the increasing dissemination of Christianity as well as repeated attempts to influence the balance of power in Scandinavia. Throughout his reign, he tried to subvert the rising Danish hegemony in Scandinavia by supporting the Norwegian monarchy. He also supported the reign of his brother-in-law Yaroslav the Wise in Kievan Rus. He is referred to in positive terms in German and Norse historical sources. His reign was one of the longest in Sweden during the Viking Age and Middle Ages.

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