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Timeline Of Stockholm History
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Stockholm, Sweden. Pre-history * 750–790: The trade centre Birka is established on Lake Mälaren (then part of the Baltic Sea) not far from Stockholm.Hall, pp 13–16 * c. 975: Birka is abandoned. * c. 1000: Sigtuna emerges as the city dominating the Lake Mälaren region. * 1247: Battle of Sparrsätra Birger jarl, Birger Magnusson defeats the "true Folkungs".Hall, p 49. * 1248: Birger becomes Jarl in Sweden, jarl. * 1250: Birger initiates a "crusade" against the "Tavastians, tavasts". * 1251: Battle of Herrevadsbro where Birger eliminates the "true Folkungs". Middle Ages * 1252: First historical mentioning of Stockholm. * 1266: Birger dies and is buried at Varnhem's church. * 1269: First known political confrontation in Stockholm. * 1270: The Grey Friar's Abbey, Stockholm, is founded. * 1275: Magnus Ladulås becomes king. * 1279: Storkyrkan is first mentioned. * 1280: A political meeting at Adelsö results in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storkyrkan
Storkyrkan (, ), also called Stockholms domkyrka (Stockholm Cathedral) and Sankt Nikolai kyrka (Church of Saint Nicholas), is the oldest church in Stockholm. Storkyrkan lies in the centre of Stockholm in Gamla stan, between Stockholm Palace and Stortorget, the old main square of Stockholm. It was consecrated to Saint Nicholas in 1306 but construction of the church probably started in the 13th century. Inside, Storkyrkan still maintains much of its late medieval appearance in the form of a hall church with a vaulted ceiling supported by brick pillars. The exterior of the church is however uniformly Baroque in appearance, the result of extensive changes made in the 18th century. The church played an important role during the Reformation in Sweden as the place where Mass was celebrated in Swedish for the first time. It currently serves as the seat of the Bishop of Stockholm within the Church of Sweden since the creation of the Diocese of Stockholm in 1942. Storkyrkan was for a long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hättebröder
Hättebröder ("Cap's brothers"), was a group of a party of German-speaking burghers during the reign of the German Albert, King of Sweden, who came to be known for their oppression and persecution of native Swedish-speaking burghers in the Swedish city of Stockholm. During the reign of King Albert, who was from Germany, the city of Stockholm was dominated by the German burgher colony, particularly during his later reign. This German party persecuted and harassed Swedish burghers through members known as "Cap's brothers", ''Hättebröder'', because of their caps. On 11 June 1389, the ''Hättebröder'' finally imprisoned the Swedish mayor Bertil Brun, the official Peter Åländing and another Swede. This led to a Swedish burgher party arming themselves to free the prisoners. Under the threat of armed hostilities, the prisoners were released for a ransom. The following day, a Sunday, the Swedish city Councillors were summoned to the city hall by the German Councillors, who arrested ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Käpplinge Murders
Käpplinge murders ( sv, Käpplingemorden) was the name of a massacre conducted on ''Käpplingeholmen'' (now Blasieholmen) in Stockholm in June 1389, when 70 men were placed in a barn house and burned alive. The massacre was performed by the hättebröder as a part of the power struggle at the time between the German burgher party and the Swedish burgher party in the city of Stockholm, when the German burghers supported Albert, King of Sweden, and the Swedish burghers supported Margaret I of Denmark Margaret I ( da, Margrete Valdemarsdatter; March 1353 – 28 October 1412) was ruler of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (which included Finland) from the late 1380s until her death, and the founder of the Kalmar Union that joined the Scandinavian k ... in their rivalry over the throne of Sweden. References * Ahnlund, Nils, Från medeltid och vasatid. Historia och kulturhistoria (1933) * Heyde, Astrid, Käpplingemorden år 1389 : ett 600-årsminne?, S. 9-18. Ur: Sankt Eriksårsbok 1989 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Of Sweden
Albert (german: Albrecht, sv, Albrekt av Mecklenburg; c. 1338 – 1 April 1412) was King of Sweden from 1364 to 1389 and Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 1384 to 1412. Background He was the second son of Duke Albert II of Mecklenburg and Euphemia Eriksdotter, the daughter of Duke Erik Magnusson of Södermanland and sister of King Magnus IV of Sweden, Magnus VII of Norway. Albert married Richardis of Schwerin, daughter of count Otto of Schwerin. Queen Richardis died in 1377 and was buried in Stockholm. In 1384 he inherited the ducal title of Mecklenburg and united it with Sweden in a personal union. Albert based his claims to the Swedish crown upon his family ties: his mother being Magnus's sister, whose paternal grandfather was King Magnus III, Albert claimed first place in the Swedish order of succession after the dethronement or deaths of all of the children of Magnus IV; and through a Swedish princess Christina, a daughter of Sverker II who was King of Sweden from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cities Of Sweden
This is a list of cities in modern Sweden that once enjoyed city privileges, thus were entitled to call themselves town ( sv, stad, plural ''städer''). The year indicates the year they were established or when they were granted a royal charter. The list does not include towns in Finland established during Swedish rule. Overview Legally and administratively, the term ''stad'' is not used in Sweden since the municipal reform of 1971, when the municipality (''kommun'') became the only existing form of local government. Before the reform there were 132 urban centres (133 to 1966) that had the title of ''stad''. The urban centres of these municipalities are still called ''stad'' in daily speech and 14 of the municipalities have chosen to continue to call themselves ''stad'' in marketing situations, although several of them now encompass large rural areas following the merger of Swedish municipalities in the 1970s and 1980s. These 14 are: Borås Municipality, Gothenburg Munic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Death
The Black Death (also known as the Pestilence, the Great Mortality or the Plague) was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Western Eurasia and North Africa from 1346 to 1353. It is the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history, causing the deaths of people, peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351. Bubonic plague is caused by the bacterium ''Yersinia pestis'' spread by fleas, but it can also take a secondary form where it is spread by person-to-person contact via aerosols causing septicaemic or pneumonic plagues. The Black Death was the beginning of the second plague pandemic. The plague created religious, social and economic upheavals, with profound effects on the course of European history. The origin of the Black Death is disputed. The pandemic originated either in Central Asia or East Asia before spreading to Crimea with the Golden Horde army of Jani Beg as he was besieging the Genoese trading port of Kaffa in Crimea (1347). From Crimea, it was most likely carried ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Friars' Monastery Of Stockholm
The Black Friars' Monastery, ''Svartbrödraklostret'', also called the convent of Stockholm, was a Dominican monastery on the island of Stadsholmen (''City Island'') in central Stockholm, founded by King Magnus IV in 1336 when he donated a plot of land located in the southern part of Stadsholmen to the Black Friars. By order of Gustav Vasa the monastery was demolished in 1547, but some of the vaults are still preserved and can be visited. Today Svartmangatan (''Blackman Street''), which led down to the monastery, is still reminiscent of the Black Friars' era. History Arrival of the friars The Black Friars or Dominicans, as they were also called, was a mendicant order founded by Saint Dominic in 1216. The name 'Black Brothers' refers to the friar's style of dress, wearing black, hooded robes. In 1220, the friars came to Sweden to build convents in Sigtuna and Strängnäs. They soon sought a plot of land to construct a homeless shelter, or abbey, also in Stockholm, and found a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vyborg Bay
Vyborg Bay (, , ) is a deep inlet running northeastward near the eastern end of Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea. The city of Vyborg is located near the head of the gulf. The Monrepos Park is considered a jewel of the bay and a major draw for tourists. Since the mid-19th century, the bay has been connected by the Saimaa Canal to the lake Saimaa in Finland. In 1790 the bay was the scene of one of the largest naval battles in history, the Battle of Vyborg Bay with a total of 498 Russian and Swedish ships. The end of the bay is called Zashchitnaya Bay (, . In the Middle Ages the river Vuoksi had an outlet there, which however dried up little by little due to post-glacial rebound and was left completely dry in 1857 when the Kiviniemi rapids in Losevo (russian: Лосево, fi, Kiviniemi), Karelian isthmus were formed and the Burnaya River became the main outlet of Vuoksa. Lodochnyy Island lies in the middle of the bay, between Vyborg and Vysotsk Vysotsk (russian: В ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torkel Knutsson
Torkel (Tyrgils or Torgils) Knutsson (d. 1306) was Lord High Constable of Sweden, member of the Privy Council of Sweden (''Riksråd''), and virtual ruler of Sweden during the early reign of King Birger Magnusson (1280–1321). Biography Torkel hailed from an old noble family of West Geatish ancestry and was related to the House of Bjelbo (''Folkungaätten''). He was first mentioned in 1282. In documents from 1288, he is mentioned as a knight and a member of the privy council (''Riksråd''). Career Before his death, King Magnus Ladulås (ca. 1240-1290) ordered his kinsman, Torgils Knutsson, the Constable of the Realm, to be the guardian of his son Birger. When King Magnus Ladulås died, Torkel became regent for the underage Birger Magnusson (1280–1321). When Tavastland had been attacked by the Republic of Novgorod, in 1292, Torkel led the Third Swedish Crusade against Novgorod, in 1293 and conquered parts of Karelia, where he founded the stronghold of Vybor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riddarholmskyrkan
Riddarholmen Church ( sv, Riddarholmskyrkan) is the church of the former medieval Greyfriars Monastery in Stockholm, Sweden. The church serves as the final resting place of most Swedish monarchs. Riddarholmen Church is located on the island of Riddarholmen, close to the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden. The congregation was dissolved in 1807 and today the church is used only for burial and commemorative purposes. Swedish monarchs from Gustavus Adolphus (d. 1632 AD) to Gustaf V (d. 1950) are entombed here (with only one exception: Queen Christina who is buried within St. Peter's Basilica in Rome), as well as the earlier monarchs Magnus III (d. 1290) and Charles VIII (d. 1470). It has been discontinued as a royal burial site in favor of the Royal Cemetery and today is run by departments of the Swedish Government and Royal Court. It is one of the oldest buildings in Stockholm, parts of it dating to the late-13th century, when it was built as a greyfriars monastery. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadsholmen
Stadsholmen is the historical name of an island in the centre of Stockholm, Sweden. Stadsholmen is connected to the mainland via several bridges. Together with the small islands of Riddarholmen and Helgeandsholmen it forms Gamla stan, the old town of Stockholm. The name Gamla stan can also refer to the island itself, as the name Stadsholmen is rarely used in daily speech. Stadsholmen is the location of Stockholm Palace Stockholm Palace or the Royal Palace ( sv, Stockholms slott or ) is the official residence and major royal palace of the Swedish monarch (King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia use Drottningholm Palace as their usual residence). Stockholm Pala ..., official residence and major royal palace of the Swedish monarch. The offices of the King, the other members of the Swedish Royal Family, and the offices of the Royal Court of Sweden are located here. References Islands of Stockholm {{Stockholm-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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