Halsten Stenkilsson

Halsten is according to Adam of Bremen, who calls him only in a marginal note, have been for a short time after the year 1066 the King of Sweden. With it came a new race to the government.

Halsten was a son of Stenkil Ragnvaldsson and his wife, a daughter of Emund the old. He was the father of two kings Philip II and Inge the Younger.

Maybe ruled Halsten to about 1068 with his brother Inge I. in Sweden. Neck Tens year of death is uncertain, it may already have been in 1070 or not until 1084. According to some sources, neck Tens power was strongly affected by Inge I.. This could have also caused by his excessive use of Christianity, the following disputes about the years 1066-1088. Paganism was again on the rise, and Stenkil could not protrude the victim in Gamla Uppsala now. He had to act domestically careful, and so he prevented the destruction of the temple in Gamla Uppsala.