Adalvard is the name of two clergymen who were active in Sweden during its Christianization in the 11th century.
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Adalvard the Younger — (dead before 1072) was a German missionary bishop from Bremen who was active in Sigtuna, in Sweden, in the 1060s. According to Adam of Bremen, Adalvard tried to make the Swedish king Stenkil close the great temple at Uppsala. This attempt failed… … Wikipedia
Adalvard the Elder — (dead c. 1064) was a German clergyman. He was first the dean of Bremen, but he was sent to the diocese of Skara in Sweden, as bishop during the early 1060s. Adam of Bremen wrote well of him, and tells that he made missionary attempts in Värmland … Wikipedia
Birka — Infobox World Heritage Site Name = Birka and Hovgården infoboxwidth= 250px State Party = SWE Type = Cultural Criteria = iii, iv ID = 555 Region = Europe and North America Year = 1993 Session = 17th: For a group of islands in the Gulf of Finland,… … Wikipedia
Diocese of Skara — Skara stift Arms of the diocese of Skara Location Country … Wikipedia
Terra Feminarum — ( Women s Land ) is a name for a land in Fennoscandia that appears in Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum (Deeds of Bishops of the Hamburg Church) by Adam of Bremen 1075 AD. It was probably a mistranslation of Kvenland and located in… … Wikipedia
Ancient See of Skara — Ancient See of Skara † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ancient See of Skara (SCARAE; SKARONENSIS, SCARENSIS). Located in Sweden; suffragan to Hamburg (990 1104), to Lund (1104 64), and finally to Upsala (1164 1530). This diocese, the most … Catholic encyclopedia
Stenkil — (Old Icelandic: Steinkel , Old Swedish: Stænkil ) was King of Sweden who ruled c. 1060 until 1066.citation |first=Maj |last=Odelberg |contribution=Stenkil |url=http://histvarld.historiska.se/histvarld/sok/artikel.asp?id=11101 |title=Vikingatidens … Wikipedia
Stenkil — Stenkil, rey de Suecia a partir de 1060 aproximadamente. Falleció cerca de 1066. Era un noble de la provincia de Västergötland, donde ejerció el título de jarl y sucedió en el trono a Emund el Viejo, quien falleció sin hijos. Según las fuentes… … Wikipedia Español
Skara — Infobox Settlement official name = Skara image caption = Skara Cathedral image shield = Skara vapen.svg pushpin subdivision type = Country subdivision name = Sweden subdivision type1 = Municipality subdivision name1 = Skara Municipality… … Wikipedia
Archbishop of Uppsala — The Archbishop of Uppsala (spelled Upsala until early 20th century) has been the primate in Sweden in an unbroken succession since 1164, first during the Catholic era, and from the 1530s and onward under the Lutheran church. Historical overview… … Wikipedia
