Lars Skalm (born Lorentz Skallman, circa 1430 in

Pargas Pargas () is a town and municipality of Finland, in the Archipelago Sea, the biggest archipelago in the world by the number of islands, 50,000. The big limestone mine in Pargas is the base of the main industry and except for the central parts, t ...

) was a Finnish noble, having been granted hereditary nobility by

King Christian I of Denmark Christian I ''(Christiern I)'' (February 1426 – 21 May 1481) was a German noble and Scandinavian monarch under the Kalmar Union. He was king of Denmark (1448–1481), Norway (1450–1481) and Sweden (1457–1464). From 1460 to 1481, he ...

in 1461 for helping his army against rebels in

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

. He served as

Mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilitie ...

Turku Turku ( ; ; , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Aura River (Finland), River Aura. The population of Turku is approximately , while t ...

from 1501 to 1502.

Bibliography

*Ramsay, Jully: ''Frälsesläkter i Finland intill stora ofreden'' .

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

: Förlagsaktiebolaget Söderström & Co, 1909–16. *Elgenstierna, Gustav: ''The introductory part of the Swedish adjective'' .

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

: PA Nordstedt & Söner, 1925–34. *Hiekkanen, Markus; Klemelä, Marja; Ahlström-Taavitsainen, Camilla; Rosenlew, Fredrik: ''Sauvo Church'' .

Sauvo Sauvo (; ) is a municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southwest Finland regions of Finland, region. The municipality had a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . ...

, 1996. *Hausen, Reinhold: ''Finlands medeltidsurkunder I-VIII'' .

National Archives of Finland The National Archives of Finland (; ) is a Finnish government agency under the Ministry of Education and Culture (Finland), Ministry of Education and Culture. It is responsible for archiving official documents of the Finnish state and municipaliti ...

, 1910–35.

References

15th-century Finnish nobility 15th-century births 16th-century deaths Year of death unknown People from Pargas Politicians from Turku {{Finland-bio-stub