Editing Sweyn II of Denmark (section)

===Relationship with the church===
Sweyn feared that Archbishop [[Adalbert of Hamburg]] would fill the upper ranks of Denmark's churches with Germans, so he brought Anglo-Danes over from England to keep the Danish church independent. Under the influence of Sweyn,<ref name="gyldendal"/> Denmark was divided into eight dioceses around 1060.<ref>[[Diocese of Lund]], [[Diocese of Odense]], [[Diocese of Ribe]], [[Diocese of Roskilde]], [[Diocese of Schleswig]], [[Diocese of Viborg]], [[Diocese of Vestervig]], and [[Diocese of Aarhus]].</ref> He set the dioceses up by donating large tracts of land, with the [[Diocese of Roskilde]] being the most-favoured one, as he had a good relationship with [[William of Roskilde|Bishop Vilhelm]].<ref name="pajung"/> When Archbishop Adalbert died in 1072, Sweyn was able to deal directly with the [[Holy See]].

He brought scholars to Denmark to teach him and his people [[Latin]] so they could converse with the rest of Europe on equal terms. [[Adam of Bremen]] travelled to meet this learned king and came away with greater respect for the king's patience and wisdom. Sweyn encouraged the building of churches all over Denmark, and Adam of Bremen was astounded that there were 300 churches in [[Scania]] alone, more than in all the other countries of the north put together.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}}