Svend I (bishop of Aarhus)

Svend may be best known for granting the Cistercian order large gifts of land which resulted in the founding of Øm Abbey by Mossø.

[2] In the 1160s sources mention Svend with Absalon and Prince Buris in connection with the conquest of Wolgast.

When Rügen was conquered in 1169 he received the surrender with Absalon and when the heathen relics was carried out of the city he stood on top of them.

In the 1170s he participated in the conquest of Stettin and during the rebellion in Skåne Svend begged Valdemar to be merciful.

The abbey had previously been situated in Sminge, Veng and on Kalvø in Skanderborg lake, founded on land donated by Bishop Eskil.