  eric the victorious (old norse: eirÃ­kr inn sigrsÃ¦li, modern swedish: erik segersÃ¤ll) (945? â c. 995) was the first swedish king (970â995) about whom anything definite is known. whether he actually qualifies as king of sweden has been debated, as his son olof skÃ¶tkonung was the first ruler documented to have been accepted both by the svear around lake mÃ¤laren and by the gÃ¶tar around lake vÃ¤ttern. sometimes, eric the victorious is referred to as either king eric v or vi, modern inventions based on counting backwards from eric xiv (1560â68), who adopted his numeral according to a fictitious history of sweden. whether or not there were any swedish monarchs named eric before eric the victorious is disputed, with some historians claiming that there were several earlier erics,lagerqvist & Ãberg in kings and rulers of sweden isbn 91-87064-35-9 pp. 8-9 and others questioning the reliability of the primary sources used and the existence of these earlier monarchs. the list of monarchs after him is also complicated (see eric and eric, as well as erik ÃrsÃ¤ll), which makes the assignment of any numeral problematic. his original territory lay in uppland and neighbouring provinces. he acquired the name "victorious" as a result of his defeating an invasion from the south in the battle of fÃ½risvellir close to uppsala. reports that eric's brother olof was the father of his opponent 
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