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[[Image:Ynglingesaga 14 Gerhard Munthe.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Illustration by Gerhard Munthe (1899)]]
'''Jorund''' or '''Jörundr''' (5th century) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] king of the [[House of Yngling]]. He was the son of [[Yngvi and Alf|Yngvi]], and he had reclaimed the throne of Sweden for his dynasty from [[Haki]] (the brother of [[Hagbard]], the hero of the legend of [[Hagbard and Signy]]
[[Snorri Sturluson]] relates that when Jorund was young he used to travel the seas and plunder with his brother Erik, and they were great warriors. One summer they plundered in [[Denmark]] where they met another pillager, King Gudlög of [[Hålogaland]] (a province in Norway) with whom they fought. They took him prisoner and carried him ashore at Stromones where they hanged him. Gudlaug's surviving companions raised a mound over him there.
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:um fylkis hreyr
:steini merkt,
:Straumeyjarnes.<ref>
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:By the fierce East-kings' cruel pride,
:Gudlog must on the wild horse ride --
:The wildest horse you e'er did see:
:'Tis [[Sigar|Sigur]]'s steed{{spaced ndash}}
:At Stromones the tree did grow,
:Where Gudlog's corpse waves on the bough.
:A high stone stands on Stromo's heath,
:To tell the gallant hero's death.<ref name="sacred-texts.com">[http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/heim/02ynglga.htm Laing's translation at the Internet Sacred Text Archive]</ref><ref name="Laing's translation at Northvegr">[http://www.northvegr.org/lore/heim/001_05.php Laing's translation at Northvegr] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311071027/http://www.northvegr.org/lore/heim/001_05.php |date=2007-03-11 }}</ref>
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This act rendered the Swedish princes, '''Eric and Jorund''', even more famous and they were thought of as even greater men. When they learnt that King Haki no longer had his forces around him, they decided to take care of their enemy. They assembled a large force that was joined by Swedes as they approached. They entered [[Mälaren]] (a bay at the time) and steered towards [[Gamla Uppsala|Uppsala]]. They left their ships at the [[Fyris Wolds]] and were met by [[Haki]] who had
Jorund then ruled Sweden at [[Gamla Uppsala|Uppsala]], but he usually spent the summers pillaging. One summer, he plundered in [[Jutland]] and entered [[Limfjorden]], where he continued the pillaging. They anchored in [[Oddesund]] (before a storm in 1825, it was near the innermost part of the fjord and almost 200
Snorri illustrates this event with the stanza from ''[[Ynglingatal]]'':
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:hersa valdi
:höðnu leif
:at halsi gekk.<ref name="heimskringla.no"/><ref>[http://www.home.no/norron-mytologi/sgndok/kvad/yngli.htm A second online presentation of ''Ynglingatal''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060928181924/http://www.home.no/norron-mytologi/sgndok/kvad/yngli.htm |date=2006-09-28 }}</ref>
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:Jorund has travelled far and wide,
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Post hunc filius ejus Jorundr, qui cum Danos debellasset, ab eisdem suspensus in loco Oddasund in sinu quodam Daciæ, quem Limafiorth indiginæ appellant, male vitam finivit. Iste genuit Auchun (i.e. [[Aun]]) [...]<ref>Storm, Gustav (editor) (1880). ''Monumenta historica Norwegiæ: Latinske kildeskrifter til Norges historie i middelalderen'', Monumenta Historica Norwegiae (Kristiania: Brøgger), pp. 99-100.</ref>
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After him his son Jorund ruled, who ended his days unhappily once he had fought a war against the Danes, who hanged him at Oddesund, on an arm of the sea in Denmark which the natives call Limfjorden. He became the father of Aukun, [...]<ref>Ekrem, Inger (editor), Lars Boje Mortensen (editor) and Peter Fisher (translator) (2003). ''Historia Norwegie''. Museum Tusculanum Press. {{ISBN
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The even earlier source ''[[Íslendingabók]]'' also cites the line of descent in ''Ynglingatal'' and it gives the same line of succession: ''xiiii Yngvi. xv Jörundr. xvi Aun inn gamli''.<ref>[http://wayback.vefsafn.is/wayback/20070508145441/http://www.heimskringla.no/original/islendingesagaene/islendingabok.php Guðni Jónsson's edition of Íslendingabók]</ref>
The ''[[Skjöldunga saga]]'' and the ''[[Bjarkarímur]]'' tell that Jorund was defeated by the Danish king [[Fróði]] (corresponds to the [[Heaðobard]] Froda in ''[[Beowulf]]''), who made him a tributary and took his daughter. The daughter gave birth to [[Halfdan]], but another woman became Fróði's legitimate wife and gave him an heir named Ingjaldr (corresponds to the Heaðobard [[Ingeld]] in ''Beowulf''). Together with one of his [[earl]]s, [[Swerting]], Jorund conspired against Fróði and killed him during the [[blót]].
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Nerman, B. ''Det svenska rikets uppkomst''. Stockholm, 1925.
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