Eric the Victorious (
Old Norse:
Eiríkr inn sigrsæli, Modern Swedish:
Erik Segersäll) (945? – c. 995) was the first
Swedish king (c. 970–995) about whom anything definite is known. Whether he actually qualifies as King of Sweden has been debated, as his son
Olof Skötkonung was the first ruler documented to have been accepted both by the
Svear around Lake
Mälaren and by the
Götar around Lake
Vättern.