In the "Gesta Danorum" (late twelfth century, by Saxo Grammaticus) and in the "Ynglinga saga" (ca. 1225, by Snorri Sturluson), Freyr is euhemerized as a king of Sweden. In the "Ynglinga saga", Yngvi-Freyr reigned in succession to his father Njörðr who had – in this variant – succeeded Odin. In the "Historia Norwegiæ" (written around 1211), in contrast, Ingui is the first king of Sweden, and the father of a certain Neorth, in his turn the father of Froyr: "Rex itaque Ingui, quem primum Swethiæ monarchiam rexisse plurimi astruunt, genuit Neorth, qui vero genuit Froy; hos ambos tota illorum posteritas per longa sæcula ut deos venerati sunt. Froyr vero genuit Fiolni, qui in dolio medonis dimersus est […]"