Birger Jarl
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Birger Jarl or Birger Magnusson was a Swedish statesman and regent, jarl, and a member of the House of Bjälbo, who played a pivotal role in consolidating Sweden after the civil wars between the House
Birger, depicted in a corbel in Varnhem Church, wears a ducal coronet that fuses Norwegian and continental styles with English influences.
The 17th-century engraving of Birger Jarl by Erik Dahlberg is based on a fresco from Häme Castle, depicting Christ with a scourge and a birch rod.
Grave of Birger Jarl, his second wife Mechtilde and Birger's son Duke Erik.
Statue of Birger Jarl (1854) by Bengt Erland Fogelberg in Stockholm
Valdemar, King of Sweden
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Valdemar Birgersson, also known as Waldemar, was King of Sweden from 1250 to 1275. A member of the House of Bjälbo, he was the eldest son of Birger Jarl and Ingeborg Eriksdotter. He was elected king f
Birger Jarl
…Rikissa, then only 11 years old, to Haakon Haakonsson the Young, the eldest son of King Haakon IV of Norway. On King Erik's death in 1250, Birger's son Valdemar was elected the new king while Birger acted as regent, holding the true power in Sweden until his death. In 1252, a year after another victory over the…
King Valdemar in Skara Cathedral
Valdemar's father Birger Jarl