Kingdom: Swedish Rulers

We've reached one of our favourite, or at least most interesting rulers. Karl Knutsson Bonde, or KKB, will go on to bend Swedish political life to his will, but how does he go about doing it? In this first part, we look at his early travels around Europe, how he received political offices very young and discuss the first few of his many rivalries with other nobles. He also manages to squeeze in a period as regent before we crown him at the end of the part one... A busy chap!

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This time we're not judging or ranking anyone, but looking into the way castles dominated the landscape of Sweden, both physically and politically. We have seen in the last few episodes how commanders of castles played key roles and even rose to the heights of being a regent of all Sweden, but what did they do when they were back at home in the castle? Who lived there, what jobs were done and what did the 9-to-5 in Swedish castle look like?

This is an edited and republished version of Episode 84 of A Flatpack History of Sweden!

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We have our first regents and our first episode on two people; the Oxenstierna brothers! In this very long titled episode, we cover the life of and political rise of Bengt Jönsson Oxenstierna and Nils Jönsson Oxenstierna. We look into how they rose through the ranks before judging their brief time at the helm as they rule Sweden as Riksföreståndare! One of them likes castles and one of them likes politics, but how will this help them stand up against other big hitters such as Karl Knutsson Bonde?

Check out the fancy mural of Bengt here!

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King Chris is brought in from abroad after Erik of Pomerania was unceremoniously removed from his throne. But will Chris really lead the Kalmar Union into its most calm and stable period, or is he going to have a fight on his hands to pick up all the pieces?

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Erik was the result of a wide search to find an heir for Margareta, following the death of her son Olof. He's been taking on ruler-responsibilities whilst his foster mother was still alive, but now he's on the throne for real. Will he be able to follow in Margareta's footsteps and keep the kingdoms of the Kalmar Union together, or will the independent minded Swedes eventually tire of his constant warfare along Denmark's southern border? Get settled for a jampacked, and quite long episode about a ruler whose life has peaks and troughs like few others.

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