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Björn Ironside (Swedish: Björn Järnsida) (Old Norse: Bjǫrn Járnsíða), [a] according to Norse legends, was a Norse Viking chief and Swedish king. According to the 12th- and 13th-century Scandinavian histories, he was the son of notorious Viking king Ragnar Lodbrok and lived in the 9th century AD, attested in 855 and 858. [ 1 ]
The rarely used name "House of Björn Ironside" (Swedish: Björn Järnsidas ätt) comes from the dynasty supposedly descending from the legendary Viking Björn Ironside according to the later Icelandic sagas. The big burial mound at Munsö was attributed, without evidence, to Björn Ironside by 18th-century historians, an identification that is ...
When they come back to Scandinavia, they divide the kingdom so that Björn Ironside has Uppsala and Sweden, Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye has Zealand, Scania, Halland, Viken, Agder, all the way to Lindesnes and most of Oppland, and Hvitserk receives Reidgotaland and Wendland.
Ironside is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Adelaide Ironside (1831–1867), Australian artist; Björn Ironside, Swedish king; Bjørn Haraldsen Ironside (Bjørn Jærnside, died 1134), Danish prince; Christopher Ironside, British artist and designer; David Ironside, South African cricketer; Edmund Ironside, King of England ...
This runestone, listed as U 13 in Rundata, crowns the barrow of Björn Ironside in Uppland, Sweden. The stone is a fragment; broken pieces of the stone lie next to it. The stone is a fragment; broken pieces of the stone lie next to it.
Bjorn Surrao, Indian singer-songwriter, music producer and actor; Bjørn Tagemose, Swedish director and videoartist; Bjørn Talén, Norwegian opera singer; Bjorn Thorsrud, American music producer; Bjørn Tidmand, Danish singer; Bjørn Torske, Norwegian music producer; Björn Ulvaeus, Swedish musician and a member of the pop group ABBA
Björn Ironside was assigned the Swedish realm. This information is historically problematic since Björn is otherwise known to have performed Viking raids in West Francia in the 850s and allegedly died in Frisia in the early 860s. [2] According to the Hervarar saga Björn had two sons called Erik and Refil. Erik inherited the Swedish kingship ...
He may be identified with the Swedish king Björn Ironside. In July 856 a Viking chieftain named Sidroc entered the River Seine to pillage. On 19 August he was joined by a fleet commanded by Bjørn. Come winter Sidroc left Frankish waters while Bjørn built a fortified camp on an island called Oscellus, probably Oissel.