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Just found out Engle's ancestor history on wikipedia while researching infos on an important lake that served for environmental studies in Sweden :

Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson (1390s – 4 May 1436) was a Swedish rebel leader and later statesman. He was the leader of the Engelbrekt rebellion in 1434 against Eric of Pomerania, king of the Kalmar Union.

Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson was a mine owner and a nobleman from the Bergslag of Norberg in the historic Swedish province of Dalarna. His family originally came from Germany, having migrated to Sweden in the 1360s. The family coat of arms shows three half-lilies formed into a triangle.

Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson was dissatisfied by the numerous offenses of the Danish local bailiffs and heavy taxation. In 1426 he started a rebellion with the support of mine workers and peasants from his home area. Engelbrekt set against the king's bailiff in Västerås, Jösse Eriksson, who was blamed for the distress that mining men suffered under his rule. The rebellion grew into a massive force sweeping the country.

In 1435 Engelbrekt was appointed Rikshövitsman, Commander in chief, at a Riksdag in Arboga that is often considered the first Riksdag in Sweden. However, he was not able to withstand the Swedish nobility, who wanted to exploit the rebellion. He was somewhat forced into the background. The Nobility and Clergy decided to support Karl Knutsson Bonde, who in 1436 was risen to the position of Rikshövitsman.

On 4 May 1436 Engelbrekt was assassinated at Engelbrektsholmen, an islet in Lake Hjälmaren by the aristocrat Måns Bengtsson, who lived in the nearby Göksholm Castle. Engelbrekt was buried in Örebro church.

Over the next few decades, he became a national hero. Engelbrekt was depicted in history as the public protector and opponent of the Kalmar Union. Posterity has regarded Engelbrekt as one of the great heroes of Swedish history and his rebellion has been viewed as the start of the national awakening of the Swedes, which would later triumph in the victory of King Gustav Vasa.

His bronze statue by Swedish sculptor Carl Gustaf Qvarnström (1810–1867), was unveiled in Örebro in 1865. There are also statues of Engelbrekt in Stockholm, Arboga and Falun. No contemporary images of Engelbrekt are known.

Engelbrekt is also the subject of Engelbrekt, an opera by Swedish composer Nathaniel Berg (1879–1957). (Engelbrekts församling) a parish in the Diocese of Stockholm, together with Engelbrekt Church (Engelbrektskyrkan), take their name from the hero.

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Engelbrekt is also the subject of Engelbrekt, an opera by Swedish composer Nathaniel Berg (1879–1957). (Engelbrekts församling) a parish in the Diocese of Stockholm, together with Engelbrekt Church (Engelbrektskyrkan), take their name from the hero.

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I think you might have found Berg's instead.

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I have heard of him before (I bet most sweds have)

But I had forgotten parts of our history, so much thanks for posting this!

I was actually born in Dalarna and raised in Norberg, then moved to Västerås at the age of 12.

I lived there until I turned 16 and moved on my own to Arboga/Örebro for studies..

So I grew up playing around these old mines mentioned, and have been inside the Örebro castle, it even seems I had one of my first appartments right next to the first "riksdag" mentioned to have been placed in Arboga..

But I did not do this traveling by skis like Engelbrekt did.

Every year a 60 km and a 30km long cross-country skiing lap is held in his honor with its start/finish in Norberg.

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