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Birth:           868 of Uppsala, Sweden
Death:          ABT  932 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Eriksson
Björn (ruled 882–932[1]) was the father of Olof (II) Björnsson and Eric the Victorious, 
and he was the grandfather of Styrbjörn the Strong, according to the Hervarar saga 
and Harald Fairhair's saga. According to the two sagas, he was the son of an Erik who 
fought Harald Fairhair and who succeeded the brothers Björn at Hauge and Anund 
Uppsale:
King Önund had a son called Eric, and he succeeded to the throne at Upsala after his 
father. He was a rich King. In his days Harold the Fair-haired made himself King of 
Norway. He was the first to unite the whole of that country under his sway. Eric at 
Upsala had a son called Björn, who came to the throne after his father and ruled for a 
long time. The sons of Björn, Eric the Victorious, and Olaf succeeded to the kingdom 
after their father. Olaf was the father of Styrbjörn the Strong.(Hervarar saga)[2]
The latter saga relates that he ruled for 50 years:
There were disturbances also up in Gautland as long as King Eirik Eymundson lived; 
but he died when King Harald Harfager had been ten years king of all Norway. After 
Eirik, his son Bjorn was king of Svithjod for fifty years. He was father of Eirik the 
Victorious, and of Olaf the father of Styrbjorn. (Harald Fairhair's saga)[3]
In Olaf the Holy's saga, Snorri Sturluson quotes Thorgny Lawspeaker on king Björn:
My father, again, was a long time with King Bjorn, and was well acquainted with his 
ways and manners. In Bjorn's lifetime his kingdom stood in great power, and no kind of 
want was felt, and he was gay and sociable with his friends. (Saga of Olaf 
Haraldsson)[4]
When Björn died, Olof and Eric were elected to be co-rulers of Sweden. However, Eric 
would disinherit his nephew Styrbjörn.

Adam of Bremen, however, only gives Emund Eriksson as the predecessor of Eric the 
Victorious. Since the Swedes seem to have had a system of co-rulership (Diarchy), it 
is probable that Emund Eriksson was a co-ruler of Björn's.

His name, Björn, means bear in Swedish

Parents
EDMUNDSSON Erik (ABT  849 -  906)
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Siblings
ERIKSSON Bjorn "a Haugi" ("the Old") ( 868 - ABT  932)

Marriage To ----- ----- ()
    m.  

Notes


Children by ----- ----- 
BJORNSSON Olaf (ABT  900 - ABT  975)
BJORNSSON Erik VIII "Segersall" "Victorious" (ABT  930 - ABT  995)

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