Riksdag of the Estates
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Riksdag of the Estates was the name used for the Estates of Sweden when they were assembled. Until its dissolution in 1866, the institution was the highest authority in Sweden next to the King. It was
The House of Nobility, seat of the Swedish nobility.
Swedish nobility
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The Swedish nobility has historically been a legally or socially privileged class in Sweden, and part of the so-called frälse. The archaic term for nobility, frälse, also included the clergy, a classi
Riksdag of the Estates
…authority in Sweden next to the King. It was a Diet made up of the Four Estates, which historically were the lines of division in Swedish society: Nobility Clergy…
The Swedish House of Nobility in Stockholm, Sweden.
Ruins of Alsnö Castle, where the first known ordinance of Swedish nobility was given in 1280 by King Magnus Ladulås.
King Magnus Ladulås