Erik Trolle was born around 1460 and was apparently aiming at a clerical career. He studied at the universities of Rostock and Cologne, had positions as Canon in Uppsala and Linköping but was never ordained. He married the wealthy Ingeborg Filipsdotter (Tott) and settled on her manor Ekholmen in Uplandia.
Trolle was elected regent (riksföreståndare) at the meeting of the Privy Council of Sweden in 1512, but never actually took office.
Sweden itself may be considered in four main physical divisions - the mountains and highland district, covering all Norrland and the western part of Svealand; the lowlands of central Sweden; the so-called Sma.land highlands, in the south and southeast; and the plains of Ska.ne, occupying the extreme southward projection of the peninsula.
The population of Sweden in 1900 was 5,136,441.
In Sweden, however, both the Vestgotar and the Upland Sviar were discontented, the former on account of the breaking of the king's promise to Olaf of Norway and the latter on account of the introduction of the new religion, and their passions were further inflamed by the lawman Anund of Skara.
Erik Trolle (born c 1460, died 1530), elected regent of Sweden, under the Kalmar Union, in 1512.
Erik Trolle was born around 1460 from an important family of high nobility and was apparently aiming at a clerical career.
Trolle was elected Regent (riksföreståndare) at the meeting of the Privy Council of Sweden in 1512upon the death of regent Svante Nilsson, but never actually took office, being superseded by Svante's son, the young Sten Sture the Younger.
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