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| titletext = Gorm the Elder | successor = [[Gorm II of Geatland|Gorm Gormsson]]

...ity was still a small religion, it had gained a foothold on the islands. [[Gorm the Elder]], who united the Geatish Islands in 944, was tolerant of Sotiria ...the religion. These factors came to a head when [[Olaf I of Geatland|Olaf I]] elected to be {{wp|baptism|baptized}} a Sotirian upon his accession to th

[[File:Ansgarius predikar Christna läran i Sverige by Hugo Hamilton.jpg|right|250px|thumb|An anachronistic engraving o ===Gorm of Flodland and Saint Sigebert===

| image = Gustav I, 1497-1560, konung av Sverige - Nationalmuseum - 15137.tif ...ing}} of Eldmark. In this capacity, Eric may be referred to as Eric IV and I of Geatland and Eldmark, though this name is non-standard. This is because

...lema]]'' and ''[[Tales of Satria]]'', as well as the history play ''[[Gorm I]]''. Outside of his work as a playwright, he is best known for his novel ''

...gnants of Emerstari (the brother of [[Erika I Henriette of Emerstari|Erika I Henriette]] functioned as her King-regent, later becoming King himself afte ...a monarchy through Olaf's line, but Olaf's son, [[Karl I of Emerstari|Karl I]] died in 1122 with only an infant son, so the nobility used an Emerstarian

| founder = [[Georg I Erik of Emerstari|Georg I Erik]] ...rch of the larger Emerstarian Communion. [[Georg I Erik of Emerstari|Georg I Erik]] renounced papal authority in 1444; however, the Church views itself

...p|Irish galley|long fada}}'' from a sixteenth-century monument to Lughaidh I.]] ...lda of Sweden c 1350.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Daireann I of Caldia|Daireann I]] was the first ruler of a unified Caldia.]]

|established_event2 = {{wp|Baptism}} of [[Olaf I of Geatland|Olaf I]] ...p|sea king}} and the legendary founder of the first major settlements on [[Gormö]], the largest island in the [[Geatish Islands]]. Early Geatish societies

...eback riding}} and {{wp|shooting}}. In his later years, Heidenstam wrote, "I am my father's work." ...he king at court was "perhaps among the times when I was most proud of who I was."