Svíar

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Svíar are the Old Norse term for the Svear, an early North Germanic people who inhabited central Sweden and played a key role in the formation of the Swedish kingdom.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf North Germanic people
ethnic group
historical people
alsoKnownAs Svear NERFINISHED
Swedes (in a historical sense) NERFINISHED
associatedWith Gamla Uppsala temple NERFINISHED
House of Munsö NERFINISHED
Rus' NERFINISHED
Swedish kingship
Varangians NERFINISHED
centeredIn Uppland NERFINISHED
contributedTo formation of medieval Sweden
corePopulationOf early Swedish kingdom
countryToday Sweden NERFINISHED
engagedIn Viking expeditions
riverine expeditions to Eastern Europe
trade in the Baltic Sea
ethnicGroupOf central Sweden
ethnicNameOf people ruled by early Swedish kings
ethnicSuccessor modern Swedes
ethnonymIn Old Norse
hasCollectiveName Svíþjóð (Sweden) NERFINISHED
hasDemonymForm Swede
hasLanguage Old Norse NERFINISHED
hasSubgroup Svealand population
Uppland Swedes NERFINISHED
inhabited central Sweden NERFINISHED
languageOfName Old Norse NERFINISHED
mentionedIn Anglo-Saxon sources
Old Norse sagas NERFINISHED
medieval Latin sources
nativeName Svíar NERFINISHED
partOf North Germanic peoples NERFINISHED
Swedish ethnogenesis
playedRoleIn formation of the Swedish kingdom
politicalCenter Svealand NERFINISHED
Uppsala NERFINISHED
region Svealand NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicity Danes NERFINISHED
Faroe Islanders NERFINISHED
Geats NERFINISHED
Götar NERFINISHED
Icelanders NERFINISHED
Norwegians NERFINISHED
religion Old Norse religion NERFINISHED
timePeriod Early Middle Ages NERFINISHED
Viking Age NERFINISHED
worshipSite Gamla Uppsala NERFINISHED

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Svear nameInOldNorse Svíar