Bjälbo
Encyclopedia
Bjälbo is a small village in Mjölby Municipality
, Östergötland
, Sweden
.
The medieval House of Bjelbo
had a church and a manor house at Bjälbo. Today the church tower is preserved.
In 1173, King Kol Sverkerson
was killed in a battle at Bjälbo.
Mjölby Municipality
Mjölby Municipality is a municipality in Östergötland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Mjölby, with some 12,000 inhabitants....
, Östergötland
Östergötland
Östergötland, English exonym: East Gothland, is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland, and the Baltic Sea. In older English literature, one might also encounter the Latinized version, Ostrogothia...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
.
The medieval House of Bjelbo
House of Bjelbo
The House of Bjelbo , also known as the House of Folkung , was an Ostrogothian Swedish family that provided for several medieval Swedish bishops, jarls and kings.- Name and origin :...
had a church and a manor house at Bjälbo. Today the church tower is preserved.
In 1173, King Kol Sverkerson
Kol Sverkerson
Kol Sverkerson was a claimant to the throne of Sweden from 1167 to his death a few years later. His patronymic comes from the assumption that he was an extramarital son of king Sverker the Elder...
was killed in a battle at Bjälbo.
See also
- Bjälbo RunestonesBjälbo RunestonesThe Bjälbo Runestones are three Viking Age memorial runestones, one of which has been lost, located at Bjälbo, which is a village in Mjölby Municipality, Östergötland, Sweden...