▁the ▁cler gy ▁and ▁royal ty ▁re ced ed ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁the ▁magn ates . ▁When ▁Sk jal m ▁H v ide ▁sought ▁the ▁support ▁of ▁O la f ▁in ▁a ven ging ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁his ▁brother ▁by ▁campaign ing ▁against ▁the ▁W ends , ▁O la f ▁could ▁not ▁must er ▁the ▁power ▁to ▁help ▁him . ▁The ▁magn ates ▁became ▁more ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁the ▁Church , ▁and ▁J ut land ish ▁mag nat ▁As ser ▁Sv ends en ▁was ▁appointed ▁Arch bishop ▁of ▁Lund ▁by ▁O la f ▁in ▁ 1 0 8 9 . ▁ ▁Death ▁O la f ▁died ▁on ▁ 1 8 ▁August ▁ 1 0 9 5 ▁under ▁myster ious ▁circumstances . ▁Some ▁spec ulate ▁that ▁he ▁may ▁have ▁killed ▁himself ▁or ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁sacrific ed ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁his ▁luck less ▁people . ▁Sax o ▁Gr amm atic us ▁writes ▁that ▁he ▁" w illing ly ▁gave ▁himself ▁to ▁loose ▁the ▁land ▁of ▁its ▁bad ▁luck ▁and ▁begg ed ▁that ▁all ▁of ▁it ▁( gu ilt ) ▁would ▁fall ▁upon ▁his ▁head ▁alone . ▁So ▁offered ▁he ▁his ▁life ▁for ▁his ▁coun tr ymen ." ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁post ulated ▁that ▁his ▁body ▁was ▁divided ▁among ▁the ▁regions ▁of ▁Den mark ▁as ▁a ▁kind ▁of ▁sc ap ego at ▁which ▁was ▁to ▁take ▁away ▁the ▁blood ▁gu ilt ▁of ▁Den mark ▁and ▁restore ▁it ▁to ▁its ▁previous ▁fort unes . ▁He ▁was ▁succeeded ▁by ▁his ▁brother ▁Eric ▁I ▁Ever