Erik Weatherhat was a mythical king of Sweden.

According to the Swedish Chronicle

Swedish Chronicle

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, the cognomen Weatherhat refers to the accommodating wind he enjoyed as pillaged the Baltic Sea

Baltic Sea

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 region.

His place in the Swedish line of kings is mysterious and it varies by the source— He is commonly considered to be Erik Emundsson or, according to Gesta Danorum

Gesta Danorum

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, one of Ragnar Lodbrok

Ragnar Lodbrok

Ragnar Lodbrok was a Norse legendary hero from the Viking Age who was thoroughly reshaped in Old Norse poetry and legendary sagas.-Life as recorded in the sagas:...

's sons.