Whether or not there were any Swedish monarchs named Eric before Eric the Victorious is disputed, with some historians claiming that there were several earlier Erics, and others questioning the reliability of the primary sources used and the existence of these earlier monarchs.
Je li bilo švedskih monarha po imenu Erik prije Erika Pobjedničkog je predmet rasprave; neki povjesničari tvrde da ih je bilo, dok drugi sumnjaju u pouzdanost primarnih izvori.