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BIRGER (?-1266)

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 981 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BER-BLA
BIRGER (?-1266) , Swedish statesman, nephew of
Birger
  Brosa, and the most famous member of the ancient noble family of the Folkungeatten, which had so much to say for itself in early Swedish history, was created jarl of Bjalbo by King Erik Eriksson in 1248 and married the king's
sister
 . On Erik's death(1250)
Birger
 's son Valdemar was elected king while his father acted as regent. During the sixteen years of his sway Sweden advanced greatly in fame and prosperity. In 1249 he led an expedition to
Finland
 , built the fortress of Tavastehus, and thus laid the
foundations
  of Sweden's oversea empire. He also built Stockholm, and enriched it by making it the
chief
  mart for the
trade
  of
Lubeck
 , with which city he concluded a commercial treaty. As a lawgiver also Birger laboured strenuously in the interests of civilization. In his old age he married the daughter of King Abel. There is a fine statue of the
great
  jarl in the Riddarholm
church
  at Stockholm, erected by
Fogelberg
  at the expense of the Stockholm magistracy in 1884. He is also the central figure of Fr. Hedberg's drama Brollopet pd Ulfdsa (1865).
See Sveriges Historia, vol. i. (Stockholm, 1879-1883).


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