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...

According to Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries , today (21 December) is Phryne Fisher's birthday. Last year, I wrote an entry about ...

I seriously have no idea, why this post has remained a draft since I went to the concert in June, but better late than never: Here is my t...

Portrait of Birger Magnusson Nyköpings gästabud (The Nyköping Banquet) happened on this day 700 years ago (10 December 1317) and is one...

Divorced, beheaded and died. Divorced, beheaded survived. I'm Henry VIII I had six sorry wives, Some might say I ruined their live...

Stortorget, Stockholm 7 November 2017 "T å nw sådana gruffuelighit mord i Stocholm skeedt war " ("A gruesome murder happ...

Kristina was born on christmas eve 1461 and was the daughter (and oldest child) of the Elector of Sachony Ernst and his wife Elisabeth ...