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  • (d) - Sweden under the dynasty of the Folkungs

  • from 12 - Towards nationally organised systems of government
  • Edited by Knut Helle, Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
  • Book:
    The Cambridge History of Scandinavia
    Published online:
    28 March 2008
    Print publication:
    04 September 2003, pp 392-410

  • Summary

    The account of the early history of Swedish political developments ends in the middle of the thirteenth century when Sweden became a high medieval European kingdom. This chapter discusses the development of that kingdom until the downfall of the Folkung dynasty in the 1360s. After the death of King Erik Eriksson in 1250, his nephew Valdemar, son of the factual ruler Earl Birger succeeded him. This established, though incorrectly, the dynasty of the Folkungs (Swedish folkungar). In legal proceedings formal proof by sworn witnesses nominated by one of the parties was slowly replaced by material proof provided by a group of people similar to a jury that was appointed by the judge. A privileged upper stratum existed in an old provision of the Law of Östergötland: special fines of honour were to be paid to a lord for the killing of his unfree steward or his man. The chapter also discusses the political developments in Sweden after 1300.