Editing Erik Refilsson (section)

'''Erik Refilsson''' was a [[legendary king of Sweden]] of the [[House of Munsö]], who lived in the late 9th century.

One of the few surviving Scandinavian sources that deal with Swedish kings from this time is ''[[Hervarar saga]]''. The saga is from the 12th or 13th century and is thus not considered a reliable historical source for the 9th century. It says: 
{{cquote|Then Eric the son of [[Refil Björnsson|Refil]] succeeded to the Kingdom. He was a great warrior and a very powerful King. The sons of Eric Björnsson were [[Anund Uppsale|Önund of Upsala]] and King [[Björn at Haugi|Björn]]. Then the Swedish Realm again came to be divided between brothers.<ref name="Hervarar">[http://wayback.vefsafn.is/wayback/20070508170621/http://www.heimskringla.no/original/fornaldersagaene/hervararsaga.php "Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks"], Guðni Jónsson's and Bjarni Vilhjálmsson's edition at ''Norrøne Tekster og Kvad''. English translation by N. Kershaw: [http://www.home.ix.netcom.com/%7Ekyamazak/myth/norse/kershaw/Kershaw1s-hervor-and-heithrek.htm "The Saga of Hervör and Heithrek"]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061227085107/http://www.home.ix.netcom.com/~kyamazak/myth/norse/kershaw/Kershaw1s-hervor-and-heithrek.htm |date=December 27, 2006 }} in ''Stories and Ballads of the Far Past, translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese)''. Cambridge University Press, 1921.</ref>}}