thumb|right|200px|vanlandi was burned by the river skÃºta/skytaa/skutÃ¥n ("shooting creek"). in the summer, the creek hardly merits the name and today it is called skuttungeÃ¥n. vanlandi or vanlande (old norse "man from the land of the vanir"mckinnell (2005:70).) was a swedish king at uppsala of the house of yngling in norse mythology. he was the son of sveigÃ°ir whom he succeeded as king. he married a girl from finnland, but forgot about her. in revenge, the girl arranged so that vanlandi was hag ridden to death. he was succeeded by his son visbur. ==attestations== snorri sturluson wrote of vanlandi in his ynglinga saga (1225) (note that the translator has rendered finnland as finland and svÃ­Ã¾jÃ³Ã°ar as sweden ): {|cellpadding=3 | vanlandi hÃ©t son svegÃ°is, er rÃ­ki tÃ³k eptir hann ok rÃ©Ã° fyrir uppsala auÃ°; hann var hermaÃ°r mikill, ok hann fÃ³r vÃ­Ã°a um lÃ¶nd. hann Ã¾Ã¡ vetrvist Ã¡ finnlandi meÃ° snjÃ¡ hinum gamla, ok fÃ©kk Ã¾ar dÃ³ttr hans drÃ­fu. en at vÃ¡ri fÃ³r hann Ã¡ brott, en drÃ­fa var eptir, ok hÃ©t hann at koma aptr Ã¡ Ã¾riggja vetra fresti; en hann kom eigi Ã¡ 10 vetrum. ÃÃ¡ sendi drÃ­fa eptir huld seiÃ°konu, en sendi vÃ­sbur, son Ã¾eirra vanlanda, til svÃ­Ã¾jÃ³Ã°ar. drÃ­fa keypti at huld seiÃ°konu, at hon skyldi sÃ­Ã°a vanlanda til finnlands, eÃ°a deyÃ°a hann at Ã¶Ã°rum kosti. en er seiÃ°r var framiÃ°r, Ã¾Ã¡ var vanlandi at uppsÃ¶lum; Ã¾Ã¡ gerÃ°i hann fÃºsan at fara til finnlands, en vinir hans ok rÃ¡Ã°amenn bÃ¶nnuÃ°u honum, ok sÃ¶gÃ°u at vera mundi fjÃ¶lkyngi finna Ã­ farfÃ½si hans. ÃÃ¡ gerÃ°ist honum svefnhÃ¶fugt, ok lagÃ°ist hann till svefns. en er hann hafÃ°i lÃ­tt sofnat, kallaÃ°i hann ok sagÃ°i, at mara traÃ° hann. menn hans fÃ³ru til ok vildu hjÃ¡lpa honum; en er Ã¾eir tÃ³ku uppi til hÃ¶fuÃ°sins, Ã¾Ã¡ traÃ° hon fÃ³tleggina, svÃ¡ at nÃ¦r brotnuÃ°u; Ã¾Ã¡ tÃ³ku Ã¾eir til fÃ³tanna, Ã¾Ã¡ kafÃ°i hon hÃ¶fuÃ°it, svÃ¡ at Ã¾ar dÃ³ hann. svÃ­ar tÃ³ku lÃ­k hans, ok var hann brendr viÃ° Ã¡ Ã¾Ã¡ er skÃºta heitir. Ãar vÃ¡ru settir bautasteinar hans.ynglinga saga at norrÃ¸ne tekster og kvad | width="30"| | vanlande, swegde's son, succeeded his father, and ruled over the upsal domain. he was a great warrior, and went far around in different lands. once he took up his winter abode in finland with snae the old, and got his daughter driva in marriage; but in spring he set out leaving driva behind, and although he had promised to return within three years he did not come back for ten. then driva sent a message to the witch huld; and sent visbur, her son by vanlande, to sweden. driva bribed the witch- wife huld, either that she should bewitch vanlande to return to finland, or kill him. when this witch-work was going on 
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