Svante Nilsson was a Swedish nobleman and regent of Sweden from 1504 to 1512. He was the father of Sten Sture the Younger, who later served as regent of Sweden during the era of the Kalmar Union.
Seal of Svante Nilsson
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Mette Iversdotter Dyre was a Danish noble, nominal sheriff and chancellor. She was married three times to powerful men: two royal councillors and finally Svante, Regent of Sweden. As such, she was a d
Svante Nilsson (regent of Sweden)
…this marriage he was the father of future statesman and regent of Sweden, Sten Sture the Younger (1493–1520). He married a second time in 1504 with Mette Dyre (c. 1465 – before 1533). This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Robert Nisbet Bain (1911). "Sture". In Chisholm…
Coat of arms of the Dyre family.