Editing Blot-Sweyn (section)

==Succession==
It is possible that Inge was not immediately accepted by the stubbornly pagan Swedes of [[Uppland]]. The 13th-century historian [[Snorri Sturlusson]] wrote in the ''[[Heimskringla]]'' that Blót-Sweyn had a pagan successor who continued the sacrifices:

{{cquote|At that time there were many people all around in the Swedish dominions who were heathens, and many were bad Christians; for there were some of the kings who renounced Christianity, and continued heathen sacrifices, as Blotsvein, and afterwards Eirik Arsale, had done.<ref>[[s:Heimskringla/Saga of Sigurd the Crusader and His Brothers Eystein and Olaf|''Saga of Sigurd the Crusader and His Brothers Eystein and Olaf'' (c. 1225)]], at [[Wikisource]]</ref>}}

This ''"Eirik Arsale"'' ([[Erik Årsäll]]) is mentioned in other sources as being the son of Blot-Sweyn,<ref name="Nordisk2">{{cite web
 | url = https://runeberg.org/nfbg/0412.html
 | title = Erik
 | date = 1907
 | publisher = [[Nordisk familjebok]], [[Project Runeberg]]
}}</ref> but today is not considered a historical person by most historians.<ref>Lagerqvist & Åberg in ''Kings and Rulers of Sweden'' {{ISBN|91-87064-35-9}} p. 13</ref>