Braut onund ingvarsson biography sample

Semi-legendary Swedish king

For other people named Anund, see Anund (disambiguation).

Anund (Swedish: Bröt-Anund, meaning trail-blazer Anund or Anund the Land Clearer), also called Brøt-Anundr (Old East Norse) or Braut-Önundr (Old West Norse) was a semi-legendary Swedish king of the House of Yngling who reigned in the mid-seventh century.^[1] The form of the name used during his lifetime would have been Proto-Norse *Anuwinduz, meaning "winning ancestor".^[2]

Life

In his Ynglinga saga, Snorri Sturluson relates that Anund succeeded his father King Yngvar who fell in battle with the Estonians.

After his father's wars against Danish Vikings and Estonian Vikings, peace reigned over Sweden and there were good harvests. Anund was a popular king who became very rich, not only because of the peace and the good harvests but also because he avenged his father in Estonia.

That country was ravaged far and wide and in the autumn Anund returned wi