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Sweyn

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Sweyn is a Scandinavian masculine given name. Notable people with the surname include:

Kings:

Others:

  • Sweyn Haakonsson (died c. 1016), an earl and co-ruler of Norway from 1000 to c. 1015
  • Sweyn Godwinson (c. 1020–1052), Earl of Herefordshire, brother of Harold Godwinson, last Anglo-Saxon king of England
  • Sweyn the Crusader (c. 1050-1097), Danish participant in the First Crusade, son of Sweyn II of Denmark
  • Sweyn Asleifsson (c. 1115–1171), a Viking who appears in the Orkneyinga Saga

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