Nicolaus Ragvaldi (; early 1380s – 17 February 1448) was the bishop of Växjö and the

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in Sweden from 1438 to 1448. He is known as an early representative of the Gothicist tradition. On 12 November 1434 he held a speech at the

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, where he argued that the Swedish monarch,

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, was a successor to the Gothic kings, and that the Swedish delegation deserved senior rank. The Spanish delegation responded with a claim of seniority because of the Visigoths. Notes of these speeches were written down and preserved, and included by

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when he wrote the influential ''History of the Nordic People'' about 150 years later. His research results resulted in

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's son styling himself as

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, although his father disapproved.

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Article ''Nils Ragvaldsson''
from the

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Nicolaus Ragvaldi Nicolaus Ragvaldi (; early 1380s – 17 February 1448) was the bishop of Växjö and the archbishop of Uppsala in Sweden from 1438 to 1448. He is known as an early representative of the Gothicist tradition. On 12 November 1434 he held a spe ...

Bishops of Växjö {{Sweden-RC-archbishop-stub

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