Forty days after he was crowned king of England, Sweyn Forkbeard was apparently murdered in his bed. The weapon was allegedly a spear. But the killer? Folklore has it as the ghost of St Edmund, ...

The Battle of Isefjord became a turning point in Viking history as Sweyn Forkbeard challenged the rule of his father, Harald ...

Sweyn Forkbeard (shown left), England's shortest reigning king, remains in the shadows of both his son Canute the Great, and father Harold Bluetooth On Christmas Day 1013, Danish ruler Sweyn Forkbeard ...

When piratical Sweyn Forkbeard I, King of Denmark, made his third invasion of England, 930 years ago, he arrived on the River Humber with his son Canute, conquered the country and was accepted as king ...

Some brilliant detective work on evidence from a remarkable discovery made in 1987 has thrown new light on the reputation of St Edmund, the martyred king who gave his name to Bury St Edmunds. For an ...

A town that was briefly capital of England is looking to make more of its links with a Viking king who ruled for just 40 days. Sweyn Forkbeard, the nation's shortest reigning monarch, began his rule ...

Near the end of his life, AEthelred was driven into exile by the Danish king Sweyn Forkbeard, who crowned himself English king. Forkbeard's son Cnut ("Canute the Great") then ruled over England as ...

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