Popular Culture
- King Sweyn Forkbeard is a character in the historical novels The Long Ships by Frans Gunnar Bengtsson and A Hollow Crown by Helen Hollick.
- Sweyn Forkbeard is a primary antagonist in the manga Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura.
- A fictionalised version of Sweyn Forkbeard has made several appearances in Prince Valiant.
- King Sweyn Forkbeard is played by Ernest Graves in the 1970 film The Ceremony of Innocence.
- King Sweyn Forkbeard is the Viking leader on the internet game Civilisation IV.
- In the book "Marauders of Gor" by John Norman, set on a fictional 'counter Earth' there is a character "Ivar Forkbeard" whose is influenced by Sweyn Forkbeard. He captures Hilda the Haughty (see Sigrid the Haughty) and also has a slave named Gunhild.
- Dubstep musician Skrillex has a tattoo of Forkbeard on his back and has worked on a musical based around his life and times.
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