Editing Blot-Sweyn (section)

{{Short description|Swedish king of disputed historicity}}
[[Image:U 861, Norsta.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The [[Uppland Rune Inscription 861|Norsta Runestone]] (U 861) on the drive of [[Wik Castle]] outside [[Uppsala]] was probably made by Sweyn and his family, as it mentions two people called ''Sweyn'' and ''Mær'' (mentioned in the accusative form ''Møy''). It is the only existing mention of a woman named ''Mær'' ("maiden") besides the mention of Sweyn's sister ''Mær'' in ''Hervarar saga'', and it is contemporary with Sweyn.<ref>{{cite web
 | url = https://runeberg.org/runor/0083.html
 | author = Erik Brate
 | year = 1922
 | title = Sverges runinskrifter
 | publisher = [[Project Runeberg]]
}}</ref>]]
'''Blot-Sweyn''' (Swedish: ''Blot-Sven'') was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] king c. 1080,<ref name="Nordisk1">{{cite web
 | url = https://runeberg.org/nfbc/0419.html
 | title = Blot-Sven
 | date = 1905
 | publisher = [[Nordisk familjebok]], [[Project Runeberg]]
}}</ref> of disputed historicity, who was said to have replaced his [[Christians|Christian]] brother-in-law [[Inge I of Sweden|Inge]] as [[King of Sweden]], when Inge had refused to administer the [[blót]] (pagan sacrifices) at the [[Temple at Uppsala]]. There is no mention of Sweyn in the regnal list of the ''[[Westrogothic law]]'', which suggests that his rule did not reach [[Västergötland]].<ref name="Nordisk1" /> According to Swedish historian Adolf Schück he was probably the same person as [[Håkan the Red]] and was called the ''[[Blót]] Swain'' (a ''swain'' who was willing to perform the blót) as an epithet rather than a personal name.