Ingrid Persdotter

Ingrid Persdotter (died 28 March 1524) was a Swedish nun at the convent of Saint Birgitta in Vadstena.[1] She is famous for having written passionate love letters to a knight named Axel Nilsson in 1498.[2]

Ingrid was the daughter of the mayor of the city of Vadstena, Petri (Per) Jönsson.[3] She entered the Vadstena Abbey on 25 October 1495.[4] Apparently, she was placed in the convent because of her love for a member of the nobility, Axel Nilsson (Roos), who was not allowed to marry her because of her social position.[5] Her love letter to him from the convent in 1498 is regarded as one of the most notable stylistic examples from a Swedish pre-reformation nun. It is also one of the eldest letters preserved from a Swedish female.[6]

See also

  • Liten Agda and Olof Tyste

References

  1. Wernham, Richard Bruce (1990). The New Cambridge Modern History. CUP Archive. p. 191.
  2. "Sweden". Encyclopædia Britannica. Philadelphia: Maxwell Sommerville. p. 792. hdl:2027/nyp.33433082033691.
  3. Wilhelmina Stålberg & P. G. Berg: Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor Project Runeberg
  4. Wilhelmina Stålberg & P. G. Berg: Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor Project Runeberg
  5. Wilhelmina Stålberg & P. G. Berg: Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor Project Runeberg
  6. Wilhelmina Stålberg & P. G. Berg: Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor Project Runeberg
  • Wilhelmina Stålberg & P. G. Berg: Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor Project Runeberg



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