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,...

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

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

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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