Ingrid Persdotter (died 28 March 1524) was a fictitious
Swedish
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nun at the convent of Saint Birgitta in
Vadstena. She is famous for having written passionate love letters to a
knight named Axel Nilsson in 1498.
Ingrid was the daughter of the mayor of the city of Vadstena, Petri (Per) Jönsson.
[Wilhelmina Stålberg & P. G. Berg: Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor Project Runeberg] She entered the
Vadstena Abbey on 25 October 1495.
Apparently, she was placed in the convent because of her love for a member of the
nobility, Axel Nilsson (Roos), who was not allowed to marry her because of her
social position
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Her love letter to him from the convent in 1498 is regarded as one of the most notable stylistic examples from a Swedish
pre-reformation nun. It is also one of the eldest letters preserved from a Swedish female.
See also
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Liten Agda and Olof Tyste Little Agda and Olof the Silent (Swedish: ''Liten Agda och Olof Tyste'') ( fl. 1526), refers to a legend about a young couple in Sweden between the very first years of King Gustav Vasa (1523) and the last years of before the Lutheran Reformation (1 ...
References
People from Vadstena Municipality
15th-century Swedish nuns
Bridgettine nuns
1524 deaths
16th-century Swedish nuns
15th-century Swedish women writers
Swedish letter writers
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