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According to the Sagas, Eric the Victorious ruled together with his brother Olof (II) BjörnssonOlof Bjornsson (ca 970 975), ruled together with his brother Eric the Victorious. He was the father of Styrbjorn Starke. He died of venom. Instead of proclaiming his son Styrbjorn co-ruler, Eric proclaimed his own unborn child co-ruler on condition that i. When Olof Björnsson died, Olof was proclaimed co-ruler instead of his cousin Styrbjörn StarkeStyrbjorn Starke or Styrbjorn the Strong was the semi-legendary son of Olof (II) Bjornsson, and the nephew of Eric the Victorious. At his father's death, ca 980, Bjorn could claim greater right to the throne of Sweden, than Eric's own soon to be born son.. This happened before he even was born. He inherited the throne of Sweden and became its sole ruler.

He took part in the Battle of SwoldThe Battle of Swold was a naval battle that took place on September 9, 1000 between Norway and the other Scandinavians. The place cannot now be identified, as the formation of the Baltic coast has been much modified in the course of subsequent centuries,, together with Eric Hakonson and Sweyn Forkbeard against Olaf Trygvesson.

See also Early Swedish KingdomsThis time is problematic in Swedish history. The problems resides not only in a dearth of sources, but also in the fact that the sources are usually either second hand information or semi-legendary in character. Add to this the problem of whether to defin, House of MunsöThe House of Muns is the Scandinavian semi-legendary dynasty which is descended from Bjorn Ironside, one of the sons of Ragnar Lodbrok. It is named after the island on which Bjorn Ironside is reputedly buried. If the sources are correct, the dynasty was t.