Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 46944
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Cederbom , Charlotte
  • Contributor(s): Myers, Margaret, translator
  • Title: Sofia Eriksdotter
  • Source: Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexicon (Biographical Dictionary of Swedish Women). 2020. Available open access from the Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexicon (Biographical Dictionary of Swedish Women): https://skbl.se/en/article/SofiaEriksdotterdrottning
  • Description: Daughter of Erik Plogpenning, king of Denmark, and Queen Jutta of Sachsen. She became queen of Sweden as the wife of King Valdemar.
  • Article Type: Encyclopedia
  • Subject (See Also): Civil War Denmark Exile Marriage Politics Queens Sofia Eriksdotter, Wife of Valdemar Birgersson, King of Sweden Sweden Women in Active Roles
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  • Geographic Area: Scandinavia
  • Century: 13
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  • Related Resources: The Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexicon is managed by KvinnSam (https://www2.ub.gu.se/kvinn/) located at the Humanities Library, University of Gothenburg. Because the SKBL project is no longer active, KvinnSam makes minor edits to published texts, if provided with this information. Otherwise, SKBL is not updated.
  • Author's Affiliation: University of Helsinki [Postdoctoral researcher]
  • Conference Info: - , -
  • Year of Publication: 2020.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 9789163975943