father predecessor successor succession house death_date mother spouse issue article_title name reign
olof skötkonung anund jakob stenkil king of sweden house of munsö 1060 edla astrid njalsdotter anund ingvar ingamoder , queen of sweden emund the old
 emund the old 1050 -- 1060
emund the old

emund the old or edmund -lrb- swedish : `` emund den gamle '' , old swedish : '' Æmunðær gamlæ '' , '' Æmunðær gammal '' , '' Æmunðær slemæ '' -rrb- was king of sweden from 1050 to 1060 .
emund was an illegitimate son of olof skötkonung .
emund 's wife was astrid njalsdotter of skjalgaätten -lrb- d. 1060 -rrb- .
astrid was the daughter of norwegian nobleman nial finnsson -lrb- d. 1011 -rrb- and gunhild halvdansdotter of the skjalga family in hålogaland , norway .
they became the parents of three known children : sons anund and ingvar , who both died before their father , and a daughter , whose name is not known but who was the queen consort of king stenkil of sweden and mother of the two more swedish kings inge i , alstan .
emund succeeded his brother anund jakob c. 1050 .
emund was reportedly called `` slemme '' , meaning the bad , because he actively opposed the priests from the archbishopric of bremen in favour of the english missionary osmundus .
the `` westrogothic law '' states that emund was a disagreeable man when wanting to pursue a goal , and that he marked the border between sweden and denmark .
the cognomen `` gamle '' is known from adam of bremen , although he mistakes it as a proper name and mentions in one episode a `` king gamle '' when it is in fact emund .
the name means `` old '' and could signify that he was old when he became king or that he was the older brother to his predecessor anund jakob .
emund was the last king of the house of munsö .
adam of bremen relates in his work `` gesta hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum '' -lrb- deeds of bishops of the hamburg church -rrb- that his son anund emundsson died when leading a swedish attack against terra feminarum and the attack ended in swedish defeat .
emund was succeeded by his son-in law , stenkil .
the `` hervarar saga '' says that emund was king only a short time :
