Fragments of comemmorative stones from the monument Stone of Mora was the monument where the Swedish kings were elected. The beginning of the tradition is lost in the sands of time. Image File history File links Image created by OlofE at Swedish Wikipedia. ...
Image File history File links Image created by OlofE at Swedish Wikipedia. ...
Mora Meadow In Lagga parish about 10 km south-east of Uppsala, but (since 2003) in neighbouring Knivsta municipality, is Mora äng (Mora Meadow). The location is at equal distance from the Tings of the old folklands Attundaland and Tiundaland. Uppsala (older spelling Upsala) 59°51′ N 17°38′ E is a Swedish City in central Sweden, located about 70 km north of Stockholm. ...
poopthing (Old Norse and Icelandic: þing; other modern Scandinavian: ting) was the governing assembly in Germanic societies, made up of the free men of the community and presided by lawspeakers. ...
The Folklands (Folklanden) are the name for the original Swedish provinces of Tiundaland, Attundaland, Fjärdhundraland, and Roden (Roslagen) which in the 1296 united to form the modern province of Uppland. ...
Attundaland or the land of the eight hundreds is since 1296 a part of the province of Uppland. ...
Tiundaland is a historic region, Folkland, and since 1296 part of the modern province of Uppland. ...
The Stone and Ting of Mora This was the location of Mora Thing (called Múlaþing by Snorri Sturluson, see Thorgny Lawspeaker), where the Swedish kings were elected. After his election was decided, the king was elevated on top of a flat stone and hailed by his subjects. Snorri Sturluson (1178 – September 23, 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet and politician. ...
Þorgnýr the Lawspeaker (Old Icelandic: Þorgnýr lögmaðr, Swedish: Torgny Lagman) is the name of one of at least three generations of lawspeakers by the name Þorgnýr. ...
In the Westrogothic law, bishop Brynolf Algotsson (1279-1290) of Skara reminded the Geats that they had to accept this election by adding the following line on the top of the first page: Sveær egho konung at taka ok sva vrækæ meaning It is the Swedes who have the right of choosing and deposing the king. However, this law was institutionalized long before, to which testify the speech of Þorgnýr the Lawspeaker, and the deaths of Domalde and Egil in the Heimskringla. A copy of the Early Westrogothic law from the late 13th century Västgötalagen or the Westrogothic law is the oldest Swedish text written in the Latin script and the oldest law code of the Lands of Sweden. ...
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Skara is a Municipality in Västra Götaland County, in western Sweden. ...
Geats (Gautar Old Norse or Götar in Swedish) is the Old English spelling of the name of a Scandinavian people living in Götaland, land of the Geats, currently within the borders of modern Sweden. ...
Þorgnýr the Lawspeaker (Old Icelandic: Þorgnýr lögmaðr, Swedish: Torgny Lagman) is the name of one of at least three generations of lawspeakers by the name Þorgnýr. ...
Domalde was a Swedish king of the House of Ynglings, in Norse mythology. ...
Ongenþeow, Ongentheow, Ongendþeow, Egil, Egill, Eigil, or Angantyr (- ca 515) was the name of one or two semi-legendary Swedish kings of the house of Scylfings, who appear in Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian sources. ...
Heimskringla is the old norse name of a collection of sagas recorded in Iceland around 1225 by the poet and historian Snorri Sturluson (1179-1242). ...
The law of Uppland and Södermanland state: The three folklands, i.e. Tiundaland, Attundaland and Fjädrundaland, shall first elect king. Then the election will be established by the law speaker of Uppland and then by all his subordinate law speakers in the rest of the kingdom, one by one. This process was done during the so called Eriksgata. Uplandia, or Uppland, is a historical Province or Landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden. ...
Sudermannia or Södermanland, is a historical province or landskap on the south eastern coast of Sweden. ...
The Folklands (Folklanden) are the name for the original Swedish provinces of Tiundaland, Attundaland, Fjärdhundraland, and Roden (Roslagen) which in the 1296 united to form the modern province of Uppland. ...
Tiundaland is a historic region, Folkland, and since 1296 part of the modern province of Uppland. ...
Attundaland or the land of the eight hundreds is since 1296 a part of the province of Uppland. ...
Fjärdhundraland or the land of the four hundreds is since 1296 a part of the province of Uppland. ...
Eriksgata was when the Swedish King, before the 15th century journeyed the country to make sure that Swedes and Geats would accept him as king. ...
Stone of Mora
The building which contains the remaining fragments The stone was flanked by many stones with inscriptions comemmorating the elections of earlier kings. However, the stones were destroyed in 1515 during the civil war against the Danes. Gustav Vasa and John III are said to have tried to reconstruct the Stones of Mora without success. Image File history File links Image created by OlofE at Swedish Wikipedia. ...
Image File history File links Image created by OlofE at Swedish Wikipedia. ...
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Gustav Vasa, originally Gustav Eriksson Vasa (May 12, 1496–September 29, 1560) was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death. ...
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One of the fragments is known as the stone Three Crowns since it is the earliest known example of the use of Sweden's national symbol. The fragment is what remains of the election of Albert of Mecklenburg. Albert of Mecklenburg or Albrekt av Mecklenburg (appr. ...
Elections of which documents have survived - Magnus Ladulås. There is a document which tells that he was elected at the Stones of Mora in 1275.
- Magnus Birgersson was elected at the stones in 1319 shortly after which he was executed.
- Kristian I, in 1457, he was the last one to be elected at the stones.
Magnus II of Sweden (1240-1290), often called Ladulås: Barnlock, was king of Sweden from 1275/1280 until his death in 1290. ...
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The building The building where the fragments are contained was constructed by Carl Wijnbladh 1770. 1770 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...
Knivsta coat of arms In 2002, in anticipation of Knivsta, part of the municipality of Uppsala since 1971, regaining its status of a municipality of its own in 2003, the Swedish state herald designed and registered a coat of arms for Knivsta based on the stone of Mora motif: an open crown over a heraldic trimount. The design was based on a sketch by a schoolchild, one of many emerging from a local contest. Uppsala (older spelling Upsala) 59°51′ N 17°38′ E is a Swedish City in central Sweden, located about 70 km north of Stockholm. ...
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