Erik Joakimsson Fleming (1487–1548) was a Finnish noble, a Councilor of State of Sweden and an admiral. He was a prominent statesman and King

Gustav Vasa Gustav Eriksson Vasa (12 May 1496 – 29 September 1560), also known as Gustav I, was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560. He was previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm (''Reichsverweser#Sweden, Riksföreståndare'') fr ...

favourite A favourite was the intimate companion of a ruler or other important person. In Post-classical Europe, post-classical and Early modern Europe, early-modern Europe, among other times and places, the term was used of individuals delegated signifi ...

. He was the king's trusted official in Swedish Finland. Fleming was son of the ''

riksråd Riksrådet (in Norwegian and Swedish) or Rigsrådet (in Danish or English: the Council of the Realm and the Council of the State – sometimes translated as the "Privy Council") is the name of the councils of the Scandinavian countries that ...

'' nobleman Joakim Fleming and Elin Björnsdotter of Svidja, and the brother of abbess Valborg Fleming and Ivar Fleming: he was a grandson of Björn Ragvaldsson's. Erik Fleming's son was Admiral

Klaus Fleming Baron Klaus Eriksson Fleming (; 1535 in Pargas – 13 April 1597 in Pohja) was a Finnish-born member of the Swedish nobility and admiral, who played an important role in Finnish and Swedish history during the rise of Sweden as a Great Po ...

and his daughter was Filippa Fleming, who succeeded in writing a will disinheriting her brother for his neglect of her in a long illness, an unusual legal achievement at that time. From 1512, he had a number of offices within the government administration in Finland. In 1523, him and his brother was named ''

'' by king Gustav, and came to be his trusted representatives in Finland, then a Swedish province.

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* Erik Fleming i Svenskt biografiskt lexikon 1487 births 1548 deaths Finnish politicians 15th-century Finnish nobility 16th-century Finnish nobility 16th-century Swedish politicians Swedish royal favourites Swedish admirals {{Finland-politician-stub