The same winter (A.D. 1043), in which Svein Ulfson was raised to the
government of the whole Danish dominions, and had made friends of
a great number of the principal chiefs in Denmark, and obtained the
affections of the people, he assumed by the advice of many of the chiefs
the title of king. But when in the spring thereafter he heard that King
Magnus had come from the north with a great army, Svein went over
to Scania, from thence up to Gautland, and so on to Svithjod to his
relation, King Emund, where he remained all summer, and sent spies out
to Denmark, to inquire about the king's proceedings and the number of
his men. Now when Svein heard that King Magnus had let a great part of
his army go away, and also that he was south in Jutland, he rode from
Svithjod with a great body of peopie which the Swedish king had given
him. When Svein came to Scania the people of that country received him
well, treated him as their king, and men joined him in crowds. He then
went on to Seeland, where he was also well received, and the whole
country joined him. He then went to Fyen, and laid all the islands under
his power; and as the people also joined him, he collected a great army
and many ships of war.