Emund the Old, Emund den gamle, Old Swedish: Æmunðær gamlæ or Æmunðær gammal also Emund the Evil Old Swedish: Æmunðær slemæ (king of Sweden 1050–1060) was an illegitimate son of Olof Skötkonung. Emund succeeded his brother Anund Jakob c. 1050. He was also called Slemme, "the bad," because he actively opposed the priests from the Archbishopric of Bremen in favour of the English missionary Osmundus. The English equivalent of his name is Edmund.
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Emund the Old, Emund den gamle, Old Swedish: Æmunðær gamlæ or Æmunðær gammal also Emund the Evil Old Swedish: Æmunðær slemæ (king of Sweden 1050–1060) was an illegitimate son of Olof Skötkonung. Emund succeeded his brother Anund Jakob c. 1050. He was also called Slemme, "the bad," because he actively opposed the priests from the Archbishopric of Bremen in favour of the English missionary Osmundus. The English equivalent of his name is Edmund.
The Westrogothic law says that he was a disagreeable man when wanting to pursue a goal, and that he marked the border between Sweden and Denmark.
He was the last king of the House of Munsö. Adam of Bremen relates in his work Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum (Deeds of Bishops of the Hamburg Church) that his son Anund Emundsson died when leading a Swedish attack against Terra Feminarum and the attack ended in Swedish defeat. Emund was succeeded by Stenkil and his house.
The Hervarar saga says that Emund was king only a short time:
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