Sidsel Ulfstand (died 1575), was a Danish (

Scania Scania, also known by its native name of Skåne (, ), is the southernmost of the historical provinces of Sweden, provinces (''landskap'') of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conte ...

n) landholder and

county A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

administrator. She was the daughter of the

Riksråd Riksrådet (in Norwegian and Swedish), Rigsrådet (in Danish) or (English: the Council of the Realm and the Council of the State – sometimes translated as the "Privy Council") is the name of the councils of the Scandinavian countries that rule ...

Jens Holgersen Ulfstand (d. 1523) and Margrethe Arvidsdatter

Trolle The House of Trolle (sometimes in Danish ''Trold'') is the name of a Scanian noble family, originally from Småland, in Sweden. The family has produced prominent people in the histories of Denmark and in Sweden since the Middle Ages and is associat ...

(1475–1522) and married in ca 1532 to

riksråd Riksrådet (in Norwegian and Swedish), Rigsrådet (in Danish) or (English: the Council of the Realm and the Council of the State – sometimes translated as the "Privy Council") is the name of the councils of the Scandinavian countries that rule ...

Knud Pedersen Gyldenstierne (1480–1552). She inherited the estates

Ljungby Ljungby () is the central locality of Ljungby Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden, with 15,785 inhabitants in 2015. Ljungby was instituted in 1829 as a ''köping'', or ''market town'', and did not become a municipality of its own when the fir ...

in Scania, Tim in

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and Bønnet on

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. As a widow, she inherited the position of county administrator at Villand county in Scania, which was confirmed by royal decree in 1554. As county administrator, she lent the crown money during the war of 1563-1570 against security of

Ramsø Ramsø was a municipality (Danish '' kommune'') in the former Roskilde County on the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in east Denmark until January 1, 2007. The municipality covered an area of and had a total population in 2005 of 9,320. Its last ...

and Tune parish on

Sjælland Zealand ( da, Sjælland ) at 7,031 km2 is the largest and most populous island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size). Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 January 2020. It is the 1 ...

; during the war, she equipped the Danish army, managed the enlisting of soldiers, collected taxes and maintained roads, bridges and fortresses. She was often seen at the royal court, where she was one of the artists behind the tapestry of the royal hall (1559) and had the official task of making the underwear and shirts of the King (1565). She was regarded with great respect, and it was noted that she upheld a strict control of the vicars in the parishes under her command.

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