My own little corner of the world

I have talked about Kristina Nilsdotter (Gyllenstierna) before. She was the first of the women who was given an entry in my Historical W...

"Vi eder till känne att vi aktar i den helige trefaldighets namn giva oss i rätt äktenskap med ärlig, välbördig jungfru Margareta Er...

I have not been able to find any portray of Märta and I'm not sure there are any known ones of her. This is her family crest howeve...

Today is the international women's day and in what better way can I acknowledge this than by writing an entry about my favourite histo...

Statue of Kristina at the castle in Stockholm Let me present to you a quite remarkable woman from 16th century Sweden. Her name was Kris...