Vanlandi

Vanlandi was burned by the river Skúta/Skytaa/Skutån ("shooting creek"). In the summer, the creek hardly merits the name and today it is called Skuttungeån.
Vanlandi
Legendary King of Sweden
PredecessorSveigder
SuccessorVisbur
Burial
By the Skuta river
SpouseDriva
IssueVisbur
DynastyHouse of Yngling
FatherSveigder
MotherVana

Vanlandi or Vanlande (Old Norse "Man from the Land of the Vanir"[1]) according to mythology was a Swedish king at Uppsala of the House of Yngling in Norse mythology. He was the son of Sveigðir whom he succeeded as king. He married a girl from Finnland, but forgot about her. In revenge, the girl arranged so that Vanlandi was hag ridden to death. He was succeeded by his son Visbur.

  1. ^ McKinnell (2005:70).