UNCERTAINTY AND CONTRADICTION IN THE CHRONOLOGICAL SERIES OF KINGS EXPLAINED BY THE FACT THAT THE GOTHS AND SWIONES WERE UNDER DISTINCT RULERS—HENCE THEIR CONFUSION.—THE YNGLINGS, OR SACRED FAMILY OF ODIN, REIGN AT UPSAL.—KINGS OF THAT RACE: ODIN—NIORD—FREYR—FREYA— FIOLNER—SWEGDIR—VANLAND—VISBUR—DOMALD—DOMAR—DYGVE—DAG —AGNE, ETC.—FATE OF THE PRINCES OF THIS HOUSE, OF WHOM MOST DIE TRAGICALLY.—LEGEND OF AUN THE OLD.—INGIALD ILLRADA.—CONQUEST OF SWEDEN BY IVAR VIDFADME.—GOTHIC KINGS FROM GYLFO TO IVAR VIDFADME.—KINGS OF THE SWEDES AND THE GOTHS. Difficulty attending all Researches into 124 the early History of Sweden The Gothones were in Possession of 126 Sweden previously to the Arrival of Odin and the Swiones; the People long under different Rulers; the Discrepancy in the Lists of Swedish Kings accounted for A.C. 40. The Race of Odin, the Pontiff Kings of 127 to the Swedes who reigned at Upsal. A.D. 14. _Niord_ succeeds his Father Odin as Prophet, Priest, and King in the Capital of Sigtuna; Numerous Kings in Sweden at the Time; Skiold, the Son of Odin, King of Ledra in Zealand; Freyr, Pontiff Chief of Upsal; Heimdal, over the Temple at Hemenbiorg; Thor, at Thrudvang and Balder Breidablik; The happy Reign of Niord His Death and Funeral; He is worshipped 128 as a Deity; Succeeded by his Son _Freyr_; Freyr’s prosperous Reign; He builds the great Temple at Upsal; more esteemed than his Predecessors; his Surname of _Yngve_ adopted by his Posterity, the _Ynglings_, as a proud Distinction; a magnificent Tomb erected for him; is succeeded by _Freya_, the last of the Divine Personages who accompanied Odin from Asia; her Celebrity while living and after Death; her Statue placed with those of Odin and Thor; succeeded by FIOLNER, the Son of Freyr; Fiolner’s accidental Death while on a friendly Visit to Frode I. King of Denmark _Swegdir_ goes with twelve Nobles to 128 Asia, to inquire into the Family and Exploits of Odin, where he found many of his Blood; he marries a Lady in the Land of the Vanir, and after five Years returns to Upsal; his Second Journey to Asia; Legend of his Death