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- Emund den gamla, (Emund the Old) in old Swedish: ?mun??r gaml? or ?mun??r gammal, also ?mun??r slem? (Emund the Evil) was king of Sweden 1050-1060. He was an illegitimate son of Olof Sk?tkonung. Emund succeeded his brother Anund Jakob circa 1050. He was also called Slemme (the bad or evil) because he actively opposed the priests from the Archbishopric of Bremen in favour of the English missionary Osmundus. The Westrogothic law says that he was a disagreeable man when wanting to pursue a goal, and that he marked the border between Sweden and Denmark.
He was the last king of the House of Muns?. Adam of Bremen relates in his work "Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum" (Deeds of Bishops of the Hamburg Church) that his son Anund Emundsson died when leading a Swedish attack against "Terra Feminarum" (probably Kvenland located in southern Finland) and the attack ended in Swedish defeat. Emund was succeeded by Stenkil and his house.
The Hervarar saga says that Emund was king only a short time:
Eymundr h?t annarr sonr ?l?fs s?nska, er konungd?m t?k eptir br??ur sinn. Um hans daga heldu Sv?ar illa kristnina. Eymundr var litla hr?? konungr. (Olaf the Swede had another son called Eymund, who came to the throne after his brother. In his day the Swedes neglected the Christian religion, but he was King for only a short time.)
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 and/or that he was the older brother to his predecessor Anund Jakob.
This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 21 July 2015.
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997 - 1060 (~ 63 år)
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