Reign 952–970 Name Gyrid Sweden Grandparents Bjorn Eriksson | Mother Ingeborg Thrandsdotter Children Tyra of Denmark, Haakon Father Olof (II) Bjornsson Parents Olof Bjornsson Predecessor Olof Bjornsson | |
Similar People Harald Bluetooth, Thyra, Sweyn Forkbeard, Sweyn II of Denmark, Gorm the Old | ||
Great-grandparents Eric Anundsson | ||
Gyrid Olafsdottir of Sweden (also Gyrithe Olafsdottir or Gunnhild) was a 10th-century Swedish princess and a Danish queen consort as the spouse of King Harald Bluetooth of Denmark.
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Biography
Gyrid was the daughter of King Olof Björnsson of Sweden and Queen Ingeborg Thrandsdotter. According to several sagas, her brother, Prince Styrbjörn Starke, accompanied her to Denmark in order to arrange her marriage to Harald Bluetooth. Styrbjörn Starke in turn married Tyra (Tyri Haraldsdatter), who was a daughter of Harald Bluetooth. After the death of King Harald (986 or 987 CE), nothing more is recorded about Gyrid.
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