Svear

E206575
North Germanic people ancient people

Svear were an ancient North Germanic people of central Sweden who formed a core part of the early Swedish kingdom.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Svear canonical 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf North Germanic people ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
activity seafaring ⓘ
warfare ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture Vendell period ⓘ
Viking Age ⓘ
surface form: Viking Age Sweden
associatedWith Svealand ⓘ
Thing of all Swedes ⓘ
burialCustoms mound burials ⓘ
capitalOrCenter Gamla Uppsala church ⓘ
surface form: Old Uppsala
coreOf early Swedish kingdom ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
culture Norse culture ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
endOfDistinctIdentity High Middle Ages ⓘ
ethnicity Germanic ⓘ
ethnogenesis early 1st millennium AD ⓘ
gaveNameTo Sweden ⓘ
surface form: Sverige

Sweden ⓘ
integratedInto medieval Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ
language Old Norse language ⓘ
surface form: Old Norse
mentionedBy Jordanes ⓘ
Tacitus ⓘ
mentionedIn Germania ⓘ
Saxo Grammaticus’s Gesta Danorum ⓘ
surface form: Getica
mergedWith Geats ⓘ
modernDescendant Swedes ⓘ
nameInLatin Suiones ⓘ
nameInOldNorse Svíar ⓘ
partOf Swedes ⓘ
surface form: Swedish people
politicalCenter Mälaren Valley ⓘ
politicalStructure kingdom ⓘ
region central Sweden ⓘ
religion Norse paganism ⓘ
religiousCenter Gamla Uppsala church ⓘ
surface form: Temple at Uppsala
resultedIn Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ
ruledBy Kings of the Swedes ⓘ
subgroupOf North Germanic peoples ⓘ
territory Södermanland ⓘ
Uppland ⓘ
Västmanland ⓘ
timePeriod Early Middle Ages ⓘ
Viking Age ⓘ

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Swedes → ethnonymDerivedFrom → Svear ⓘ