Ingrid Persdotter (died 28 March 1524) is a fictitious

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at the convent of Saint Birgitta in

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, who supposedly wrote a passionate love letter to a

knight A knight is a person granted an honorary title of a knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church, or the country, especially in a military capacity. The concept of a knighthood ...

named Axel Nilsson in 1498.

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Magnus von Platen, En bedragare och hans verk. In: Ders., Biktare och bedragare, Stockholm 1959, S. 63–99. People from Vadstena Municipality 15th-century Swedish nuns Bridgettine nuns 1524 deaths 16th-century Swedish nuns 15th-century Swedish women writers Swedish letter writers {{Sweden-bio-stub

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