During the middle ages (and before that, too) Swedish naming practices were very straightforward.  While there were some exceptions, most people had the combination of father’s name+son/daughter. This was the tradition no matter which class you belonged to.   Or at least that was the case for most persons.  There were exceptions for both men […]

At  first I  hesitated if I should include Ingrid Ylva, since not much is known about her, but she is an important figure in Swedish History, since her descendants helped shaped Sweden into the Country it is today.   She is also representative for what noblewomen did.    Not much is known about Ingrid Ylva. […]

I have been talking about writing a series of blogposts about Swedish History for a long time, but I have been pondering how to structure it.  Swedish history is… complex, to put it mildly. ( I am avoiding the 1100’s. The reigns of the kings were short.)  But I have finally settled on a structure. […]