Forty days after he was crowned king of England, Sweyn Forkbeard was apparently murdered in his bed. The weapon was allegedly a spear. But the killer? Folklore has it as the ghost of St Edmund, ...

A town that was briefly capital of England is looking to make more of its links with a Viking king who ruled for just 40 days. Sweyn Forkbeard, the nation's shortest reigning monarch, began his rule ...

When piratical Sweyn Forkbeard I, King of Denmark, made his third invasion of England, 930 years ago, he arrived on the River Humber with his son Canute, conquered the country and was accepted as king ...

Some brilliant detective work on evidence from a remarkable discovery made in 1987 has thrown new light on the reputation of St Edmund, the martyred king who gave his name to Bury St Edmunds. For an ...