The German Ezico was chosen to be the successor to Poppo as bishop in Schleswig, but Sweyn Forkbeard managed to stop him. Sweyn Forkbeard wanted to separate the Danish church from the supremacy of the Archbishopric of Bremen. This policy made Svein Forkbeard, in the eyes of the church: one of the devils helper, but Sweyn Forkbeard just started a national church policy, which his successor finalized.
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| Viking places in Central Sweden |
