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There are lists of Swedish pagan monarchs with dates far older than these. These records contain the early kings, of the House Of Yngling . However these records are in many cases derived from historical romances and therefore of dubious historical authenticity. Because of this, lists of succession traditionally start with the first baptized Christian king of Sweden, Olof Skötkonung , and his father Erik Segersäll . Based on the Danish chronicler Saxo Grammaticus , these have often been classified as belonging to the Swedish house of Ynglings. However, the sagas tell that this line of kings was broken (see Ingjald and Ivar Vidfamne ), and trace them back to Sigurd Ring and Ragnar Lodbrok (whom Saxo, on the other hand, considered to belong to the House of Yngling). As there is no evidence that Eric and Olof ever used the Yngling name themselves, modern historians instead refer to their family as the ''House of Munsö'', the ''House of Ivar and Ragnar Lodbrok'', the ''Old Dynasty'' or the ''House of Uppsala''. In the 16th century, Johannes Magnus constructed a mythical line of Swedish kings, beginning with Magog , the son of Japheth , to demonstrate the antiquity of the Swedish throne. On the basis of his list, Eric XIV and Charles IX adopted their high ordinals; previous monarchs with those names are traditionally numbered counting backward from Eric XIV and Charles IX. MONARCHS, REGENTS AND VICEROYS OF SWEDEN For lists of the prehistoric kings of Sweden see The House Of Munsö or Uppsala
The House Of Stenkil
The Houses Of Sverker And Erik
The House of Bjällbo
Regents of the Kalmar Union and Viceroys (''Riksföreståndare'')
The House Of Vasa
The House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken Also known as The House of Wittelsbach Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Kleeburg
The House of Hesse
The House Of Holstein-Gottorp
The House of Bernadotte
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