Erik Axelsson Tott
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Erik Axelsson was a Dano-Swedish statesman who served as the regent of Sweden under the Kalmar Union, jointly with Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna in 1457 and alone from 1466 to 1467.
Construction of Olavinlinna Castle in Savonlinna was ordered by Erik Axelsson in the 1470s
The War of Deposition against Karl Knutsson, also called the crisis of 1457 and Jöns Bengtsson's Throne Usurpation of 1457 occurred in the winter of 1457 during the final stages of the Dano-Swedish Wa
Erik Axelsson Tott
…brother, Iver Axelsen Tott, established a veritable principality for himself by taking the island of Gotland, and sometimes surrounding regions. Eric opposed his older kinsman the king in 1457, when he as king had gathered much dissatisfaction among Swedish high nobility. In 1467, Eric yet again supported King Charles VIII in his third election…
Seal of Archbishop Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna from 1465
Wooden sculpture of Karl Knutsson by Bernt Notke
Vädersolstavlan , one of the earliest depictions of Stockholm in 1535, by Urban Målare