ble ▁and ▁L other , ▁and ▁Dan ' s ▁grand son , ▁Ski od , ▁whose ▁son , ▁Gram ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁Dan ish ▁king ▁to ▁be ▁given ▁some ▁detail , ▁his ▁reign ▁revol ves ▁around ▁conqu ering ▁Sweden ▁and ▁Finland , ▁only ▁to ▁die ▁in ▁battle . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁de als ▁with ▁advent ures ▁of ▁H ading , ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁Gram ▁and ▁Finn ish ▁prin cess , ▁S igne . ▁The ▁advent ure ▁being ▁that ▁Den mark ▁is ▁lost ▁to ▁the ▁Sw edes , ▁and ▁H ading ▁trying ▁to ▁rec laim ▁it ▁with ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁gi ants ▁and ▁Od in . ▁The ▁book ▁con cludes ▁with ▁H ading ' s ▁suic ide ▁after ▁hearing ▁of ▁his ▁friend ' s ▁death . ▁ ▁Chron ology ▁ ▁When ▁exactly ▁G esta ▁Dan orum ▁was ▁written ▁is ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁numerous ▁works ; ▁however , ▁it ▁is ▁generally ▁agreed ▁that ▁G esta ▁Dan orum ▁was ▁not ▁finished ▁before ▁ 1 2 0 8 . ▁The ▁last ▁event ▁described ▁in ▁the ▁last ▁book ▁( Book ▁ 1 6 ) ▁is ▁King ▁Can ute ▁VI ▁of ▁Den mark ▁sub du ing ▁P omer ania ▁under ▁Duke ▁Bog is law ▁I , ▁in ▁ 1 1 8 6 . ▁However ▁the ▁pre face ▁of ▁the ▁work , ▁dedicated ▁to ▁Arch bishop ▁Anders ▁S unes en , ▁mentions ▁the ▁Dan ish ▁con quest ▁of ▁the ▁areas ▁north ▁of ▁the ▁El be ▁in ▁ 1 2 0 8 . ▁ ▁Book ▁ 1 4 , ▁compr