and part of the so-called frälse (a derivation from Old Swedish meaning free neck). The archaic term for nobility, frälse, also included the clergy,...

established a small secular frälse (Finnish: rälssi) or nobility, freed from tax, in Sweden and Finland in 1280. The spiritual frälse meant spiritual people...

Assarting – Clearing of forested lands for use in agriculture or other purposes Frälse – Socially privileged class in Sweden Land tenure – Legal regime in which...

taxes - as the clergy already had been. The archaic term for nobility, frälse, also includes the clergy when referring to their exemption from tax. The...

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The Fleming family or Flemming is a Finnish noble family with a medieval frälse origin. Its first certainly known male ancestor, Knight Peder Klasson (Sir...

small group numerically, and the clergy, which were part of the so-called frälse (a classification defined by tax exemptions and representation in the diet)...

codified in 1280 with the Swedish king granting exemption from taxation (frälse) to land-owners that could equip a cavalryman (or be one themselves) for...

Lordship of the Manor of Harviala was a medieval frälse possession in Finland. Harviala has been an immense property in Southern Häme (Tavastia) in Finland...

Retrieved 13 August 2019. "Espoo > rippikirja, 1868–1877 > 318: Kurtby, Smeds Frälse hemman" (in Finnish). Suomen Sukuhistoriallinen yhdistys (SSHY). Retrieved...

via Turku and Porvoo to Viipuri. The oldest frälse stead in Espoo, the Gräsa manor, apparently received frälse rights in the late 15th century. Gräsa is...

a church dedicated to Saint Lawrence in the area is from 1401. A local frälse family donated a land worth one skattmark from Rekola to the church of St...

they have the same privileges, whomever they serve. This established the frälse, the tax-exempt secular nobility in Sweden. Another, perhaps less pivotal...

The National Biography of Finland T. Carpelan, Ättartavlor J. Ramsay, Frälsesläkter i Finland intill Stora ofreden E. Anthoni, Finlands medeltida frälse...

into a passionate love affair. Born into the Swedish branch of the noble (frälse) Boije af Gennäs [sv] family, she was raised in Bromma, Stockholm until...

Gutasaga) 1240 Battle of the Neva 1252 City of Stockholm founded 1280 Ordinance of Alsnö gives birth to the frälse, a class of tax-exempt secular nobility...

reasons the king took these steps were to stop the spiritual and secular frälse, to gain yet more power at royal expense, and Hanseatic power in Nordic...

"linnavuori" fortresses. Cavalry service was not required from them for the frälse tax exemption. The petty nobility of Veckelax is particularly noted in literature...

quickly mobilise a trained army. At the same time, land tax exemption (frälse) was given to those who equipped horsemen for cavalry service, according...

France and the United States. The family is of ancient Swedish nobility (frälse) from Paimio in Finland Proper. Squire Nisse Pedersson is regarded as the...

current Olari church. In 1540 the village consisted of two houses and a frälse, which had been founded in the previous century between 1450 and 1460. The...

father's, Matthias Petri Upplänning, ancestors had been part of the ancient frälse of the region of Uppland. A source claims that, Bishop Johannes Matthiae's...