Torkel Knutsson, d. 1306, was marshal and virtuler ruler of Sweden during the early reign of King Birger Magnusson(1280-1321). Torkel hailed from an old noble family of Westrogothian ancestory and was related to the Royal Family. In 1293 he led the third Swedish crusade against Finland and conquered the province of Carelia, where he founded the town of Vyborg. During the struggles in Sweden between King Birger and his two younger brothers, the Dukes Erik and Valdemar, in the early years of the 14th century, Torkil sided with the King, who, however, in 1306 had his powerful marshal captured and beheaded.
Torkel (Tyrgils or Torgils) Knutsson, known well as Marshal Torkel, (?–1306) of Aranäs, was marshal and virtual ruler of Sweden during the early reign of King Birger Magnusson (1280-1321).
Torkel hailed from an old noble family of West Geatish ancestry and was related to the Folkungs, the royal family, and like them, he had a lion in his coat of arms.
A statue of Torkel was raised, in 1908, on the square Rådhustorget in Stockholm.
Torkel (Tyrgils or Torgils) Knutsson (?–1306) of Aranäs, was marshal and virtual ruler of Sweden during the early reign of King Birger Magnusson (1280-1321).
Torkel hailed from an old noble family of West Geatish ancestry and was related to the Folkungs, the royal family, and like them, he had a lion in his coat of arms.
A statue of Torkel was raised, in 1908, on the square Rådhustorget in Stockholm.
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