Margaret Leijonhufvud or Margareta Eriksdotter was Queen of Sweden from 1536 to 1551 by marriage to King Gustav I. She played a political role as the advisor of, and the intermediary to, her spouse the King.
Painting by Johan Baptista van Uther
Queen Margaret as shown on her grave monument.
Grave monument to Margaret, Gustav and his first wife Catherine (far side) over their crypt in Uppsala Cathedral
Gustav I, commonly known as Gustav Vasa, was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560, previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm (Riksföreståndare) from 1521, during the ongoing Swedish War of Liberation against King Christian II of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Gustav rose to lead the Swedish War of Liberation following the Stockholm Bloodbath, where his father was executed. Gustav's election as king on 6 June 1523 and his triumphant entry into Stockholm eleven days later marked Sweden's final secession from the Kalmar Union.
Portrait by Jakob Binck, 1542
Christian II, Gustav Vasa's main antagonist
Gustav Vasa examines the Finnish translation of the New Testament presented by Mikael Agricola.
Gustav, engraved by Martin Rota