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    Birger Jarl (c. 1210 – 21 October 1266), also known as Birger Magnusson, was a Swedish statesman and regent, jarl, and a member of the House of Bjälbo...
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    In 2002 the ship reverted to the name Birger Jarl, and in 2020 back to the Baltic Star name. SS Birger Jarl was ordered by Rederi AB Svea from Finnboda...
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  • were Birger Brosa, Jon Jarl, Folke Birgersson, Karl the Deaf, Ulf Fase, and the most powerful of all jarls and the last to hold the title, Birger Jarl. In...
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    historians have argued that "House of Bjälbo" would be a better name because Birger Jarl lived there and it is the family's oldest known manor. Bjälbo is located...
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  • (died 1202), Swedish jarl Birger Gregersson (c. 1327 – 1383), Archbishop of Uppsala Birger Jarl (1210–1266), Swedish statesman Birger Persson (died 1327)...
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    chronicle, the Swedes defeated the pagan Tavastians under the leadership of Birger Jarl, and started building a castle in Tavastia. The expedition has traditionally...
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    was a son of Birger Jarl, and became a king after a rebellion against his brother Valdemar. He was succeeded by his ten-year-old son Birger Magnusson with...
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    he stood in the shadow of a succession of powerful Jarls, especially his brother-in-law Birger Jarl, whose descendants ruled as kings after his death....
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    Valdemar was the son of the Swedish princess Ingeborg Eriksdotter and Birger Jarl, from the House of Bjälbo. When Ingeborg's brother King Erik Eriksson...
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    Birger Jarls torn (Swedish for Birger Jarl's Tower) is a defensive tower on the northwest corner of Riddarholmen, an islet in Gamla Stan, the old town...
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    Eric X of Sweden, eldest sibling of King Eric XI of Sweden, wife of Birger Jarl, and mother of Kings Valdemar and Magnus III of Sweden. Ingeborg was...
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    Birger Jarls torg is a public square on Riddarholmen in Gamla stan, the old town in Stockholm, Sweden. The square used to be called Riddarholmstorget,...
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  • Look up jarl or Jarl in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Jarl is a noble title in Scandinavian countries. Jarl may also refer to: Birger Jarl (1210–1266)...
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    John Birger Jarl Carlstedt (12 July 1907 in Helsinki – 3 October 1975 in Helsinki) was a Finnish painter and a pioneer of Modern Art in Finland. His painting...
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    districts Norrmalm and Vasastaden. It is named after Birger Jarl since 1885, then "Birger Jarls gata" (gata meaning "street"). The contemporary spelling...
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  • Before the title was discontinued, Swedish jarls were powerful men, such as Birger Brosa, Ulf Fase, and Birger Jarl (original patronym Magnusson), often the...
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    millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. The city serves as the county seat of Stockholm County. Stockholm is...
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  • of Bjälbo. He is best known as the father of the renowned statesman Birger Jarl, and the ancestor of the later Swedish kings. He is sometimes believed...
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    three skeletons in the grave are the remains of Birger jarl, his son duke Eric Birgersson and Birger's wife Mechtild of Holstein. Today, only the abbey...
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    dynasty were buried in Varnhem Abbey in the former province as later also Birger Jarl was, a relative to the dynasty), which alternated on the throne for several...
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    Nyköpings slott) is a medieval castle, located in Nyköping, from the Birger Jarl era, partly in ruins, mostly known for the Nyköping Banquet which took...
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    Bengt Birgersson (1254 – 25 May 1291) was the youngest son of Birger Jarl. He embarked on an ecclesiastical career, becoming the Archdeacon of Linköping...
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    Birger Brosa (Old Norse: Birgir Brósa; died 9 January 1202) was the jarl of Sweden from 1174 to 1202. He was a son of Bengt Snivil and a member of the...
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    journalists with Stockholm City Hall in the background. A statue of Birger Jarl, traditionally considered the founder of Stockholm, stands on a pillar...
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    feudal society. Additionally, the Swedish dominion expanded east as Birger jarl and Torgils Knutsson conquered Tavastland and Karelia (later Finland)...
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    a Danish queen consort, married to King Abel of Denmark and later to Birger Jarl, Regent of Sweden. Mechtilde was born around 1218, likely in Schauenburg...
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    in 1222, Sweden was in a de facto state of civil war until 1248 when Birger Jarl managed to seize power in the kingdom. Unrest was due to the struggle...
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  • sequel to The Knight Templar (Crusades trilogy) by Jan Guillou about Birger jarl, the founder of Stockholm - fictionalized to be Arn Magnusson's grandson...
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  • dynasty or House of Folkung (Folkungaätten) and was a brother of Birger Magnusson (Birger Jarl), the most powerful man of Sweden in the mid-13th century. His...
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    daughters to him, they were more likely daughters of his sister and Birger jarl.[citation needed] Eric XI's nephew, the then underage son of his sister...
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