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Alvastra
Alvastra is a small village in Ödeshög Municipality in eastern Sweden.
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Archdiocese of Uppsala
The Archdiocese of Uppsala (Uppsala ärkestift) is one of the thirteen dioceses of the Church of Sweden and the only one having the status of an archdiocese.
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Askeby Abbey
Askeby Abbey (Swedish: Askeby kloster), was a Cistercian nunnery in Sweden, in operation from the late 12th century until 1529.
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Östergötland
Östergötland (English exonym: East Gothland) is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (landskap in Swedish) in the south of Sweden.
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Bridget of Sweden
Bridget of Sweden (1303 – 23 July 1373); born as Birgitta Birgersdotter, also Birgitta of Vadstena, or Saint Birgitta (heliga Birgitta), was a mystic and saint, and founder of the Bridgettines nuns and monks after the death of her husband of twenty years.
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Catholic Church in Sweden
The Catholic Church in Sweden was established by Archbishop Ansgar in Birka in 829, and further developed by the Christianization of Sweden in the 9th century.
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Charles VII of Sweden
Charles VII or Carl (Swedish: Karl Sverkersson; c. 1130 – 12 April 1167) was ruler of Götaland, and then King of Sweden from c. 1161 to 1167, when he was assassinated.
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Eric IX of Sweden
Eric IX of Sweden, (Swedish: Erik Jedvardsson; Erik den helige; died 18 May 1160), also called Eric the Lawgiver, Erik the Saint, Eric the Holy, and, in Sweden, Sankt Erik, meaning Saint Eric, was a Swedish king c. 1156-60.
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Gudhem Abbey
Gudhem Abbey, Swedish Gudhems kloster, in operation from 1152 to 1529, was a nunnery in Sweden, initially Benedictine and later Cistercian.
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List of Catholic monasteries and convents in Sweden
This is a list of Catholic religious houses, both extant and dissolved, in Sweden, for both men and women.
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List of Cistercian monasteries
The Cistercians are a Roman Catholic religious order of enclosed monks, whose monasteries and abbeys have been built from 1098.
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List of historic buildings in Sweden
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List of Swedish monarchs
This is a list of Swedish monarchs, that is, the Kings and ruling Queens of Sweden, including regents and viceroys of the Kalmar Union, up to the present time.
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Nydala Abbey
Nydala Abbey (Nydala kloster) was a Cistercian monastery in the province of Småland, Sweden, near the lake Rusken.
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Omberg
Omberg is forested mountain in the western Östergötland County.
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Richeza of Poland, Queen of Sweden
Richeza of Poland (Ryksa Bolesławówna, Rikissa Burislevsdotter; 12 April 1116 – after 25 December 1156), a member of the House of Piast, was queen of Sweden and princess of Minsk through her three marriages.
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Sigurd Wallin
David Sigurd Wallin (June 10, 1916 in Nora rural parish in Örebro County, Sweden – May 8, 1999 in Stockholm, Sweden), was a Swedish artist.
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Sverker I of Sweden
Sverker I or Sverker the Elder (Old Swedish: Swærkir konongær gambli), murdered 25 December 1156, was King of Sweden from about 1132 till his death.
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Ulvhild Håkansdotter
Ulvhild Håkansdotter, (Swedish: Ulfhild, English: Wulfhild, Wolfhild), (c. 1095–c. 1148), was a medieval Scandinavian queen, twice Queen consort of Sweden (c. 1117–25 and c. 1134–48) and once Queen consort of Denmark (c. 1130–34), married to King Inge II of Sweden, King Niels of Denmark and King Sverker I of Sweden.
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Varnhem Abbey
Varnhem Abbey (Varnhems kloster) in Varnhem, Västergötland, Sweden was founded around 1150 by monks of the Cistercian Order from Alvastra Abbey in Östergötland.
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