Talk:Knut Eriksson

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On 15 June 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from Canute I of Sweden to Knut Eriksson. The result of the discussion was moved.

Requested move 15 June 2024

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. Favonian (talk) 17:22, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

– Per WP:COMMONNAME. The suggested names seem to be the most common variants of the name, and are used in reliable English-language publications such as The Cambridge History of Scandinavia. Individual justifications:

This Ngram illustrates the shift from Canute Ericson to Knut Eriksson in literature. See also the search results for Knut Eriksson.
"Erik Knutsson" gives much higher quality results when compared to results for Eric X/Erik X (and for the latter the results are often of the form "Erik (X) Knutsson", with or without parentheses)
For Knut Långe or Knut the Tall or Knut Holmgersson there is no single overwhelmingly common name in literature. I'd prefer to avoid the patronymic here, as according to the Riksarkivet Bio the identification of the King Knut Långe with "Knut Holmgersson" is uncertain. I am suggesting the Swedish cognomen instead of the translated one because it seems more common in reliable English-language sources.

— Jähmefyysikko (talk) 17:30, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. Mellk (talk) 17:35, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Correction: In the above nomination, I refer to Cambridge History of Scandinavia, but the third name doesn't appear there in that exact form, but as "Knut Holmgersson Långe". Jähmefyysikko (talk) 06:08, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Rosbif73 (talk) 18:01, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.