Estonian pirates

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Estonian pirates appear at least twice in history and legend.

Snorri Sturluson relates in his Ynglinga saga that the Swedish king Ingvar (7th century), the son of Östen, was a great warrior who had to spend time patrolling the shores of his kingdom fighting Estonian pirates.

In 1187, the Swedish town of Sigtuna was attacked by Baltic-Finnish raiders from Karelia, Couronia or Estonia. Among the casualties of this raid was the Swedish archbishop Johannes. It remained occupied for some time. This contributed to the diminishing of its commercial importance in the 13th century, in favor of Uppsala, Visby, Kalmar and Stockholm.[1]

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  1. ^ The raid on Sigtuna
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