1208
- (month unknown)
- Battle of Lena between Norway and Sweden. [1.92]
- King Sverker is overthown. [47.32]
1210
- (month unknown)
- Sverker is killed in battle. [47.32]
- Erik, son of Knut Eriksson, is crowned new king by an archbishop. [1.36] [47.32]
1216
- (month unknown)
- Sverker's son succeeds Erik as new king. [47.32]
1220
- (month unknown)
- A Swedish fleet attacks Estonia. [1.37]
- Karl "Döve" Bengtsson, a Swedish knight, dies in battle in Estonia. [143.6]
- The Code of Östergötland is written by a brother of Birger Jarl, formally establishing the provincial law-codes. (As of 1966, this is the oldest known document written in the Swedish language.) [47.41]
1222
- (month unknown)
- Sverker's son, the King of Sweden, dies. He is the last of the Sverker clan. [47.32] [267.25]
1225
- (month unknown)
- The German Church of Saint Mary in Visby on Gotland is consecrated. [1.64]
1226
- (month unknown)
- Erik Eriksson begins reign as King. [1.37] [47.32]
1229
- (month unknown)
- A group of nobels (known as the Folkungs) depose King Erik Eriksson, who flees to Denmark. [47.33]
1230
- (month unknown)
- (approximate year) Thirty families from Nyland in Finland move to Dagö island, neat the coast of Estonia. [308.26]
1232
- (month unknown)
- Sweden suffers a great famine. [327.41]
1233
- (month unknown)
- Erik Eriksson returns to rule again as King. [47.34]
1239
- (month unknown)
- Birger Jarl makes a crusade to Finland. [267.26]
1240
- (month unknown)
- Prince Alexander leads Novgorodians to victory against advancing Swedes on the banks of the Neva River. Swedish commander Birger is injured, barely escaping. [270.80]
1248
- (month unknown)
- Sweden's second synod convenes at Skänninge, with William of Sabina as papal legate. A papal legate decrees that all bishops, priests, monks, clerics are exempt from any oath to the Swedish king, obedient to Rome alone. [1.41] [267.25] [303.87]
- Birger becomes Jarl, commander of the fleet and second in power to the king. [48.67] [267.25]
- The Folkungs turn against Birger Jarl, the nephew of Birger Brosa. Birger Jarl crushes the revolt, and claims the crown for his son Valdemar, nephew of King Erik. [47.34]
1249
- (month unknown)
- Birger confirms Sweden's hold of south-west Finland via a crusade. [47.34] [48.67]
1250
- (month unknown)
- King Erik Eriksson dies. He is the last of the Erik clan. [1.37,41] [47.34] [48.67] [267.25] [303.89]
- Valdemar, nephew of Erik Eriksson, and eldest son of Birger Jarl, is elected King. Birger Jarl rules as regent until Valdemar is declared of age. [1.41] [47.34] [48.67] [267.25]
- Burghers of Visby on Gotland begin building a city wall. [120.65]
1251
- (month unknown)
- The Folkung rise against the rule of Birger Jarl and Valdemar, but are crushed at Herrevads Bridge. [47.34] [48.67] [303.90]
1252
- (month unknown)
- One of the king's brothers is made a bishop. Another brother, Magnus, is given the title Duke of the Svear. [47.34]
1253
- (month unknown)
- Birger Jarl begins constructing a major fort on a central island where Lake Mälar empties to the Baltic. (This later becomes the city of Stockholm.) [51.50] [48.52] [133.17] [238.239]
1254
- (month unknown)
- Birger Jarl and the Lübeckers sign a peace treaty, granting Lübeck freedom from Swedish customs dues and taxes. [48.52]
1260
- (month unknown)
- In the 1200s, the Gutasaga is compiled, recording the history of Gotland. [120.19]
- Birger's son Valdemar marries Danish princess Sofia. [48.68] [303.91]
1261
- (month unknown)
- Birger marries Mechtild, widow of King Abel of Denmark. [48.68] [303.91]
1266
- (month unknown)
- Birger Jarl dies. [1.41] [47.35] [48.68] [152.29] [267.25] [303.91]
- King Valdemar is overthrown by younger brother Duke Magnus Ladulås and brother Erik. [1.41] [47.35]
1270
- (month unknown)
- Construction begins on a cathedral castle in Uppsala. [60.22]
1275
- (month unknown)
- King Valdemar is deposed. With the support of Denmark, Magnus Ladulås, second son of Birger Jarl, is elected new king. He uses the title "Sveriges och Götes Konung". Erik is given title Duke of the Svear. [1.41] [47.35] [48.66,69]
- King Magnus Ladulås adopts the coat of arms of the Folkunga dynasty, which incorporates the symbol of a yellow lion on a blue background. [159.16] [285.16]
1277
- (month unknown)
- Deposed king Valdemar, with Danish support, forces King Magnus to grant him extensive lands. [47.35]
1278
- (month unknown)
- The Folkungs rise again, forcing Valdemar to give back land granted to him. [47.35]
1280
- (month unknown)
- King Magnus Ladulås issues a statute at Alsnö, exempting from taxation men who would supply themselves with horses and armor, for defence of the realm. This recognizes a class distinction, the frälse or nobility. Another decree forbids the demanding of free hospitality by travellers from peasants. [194.11] [303.87,94] [376.16] (1279 [48.57] [267.27])
- Swedish monarchies begin bestowing the Order of the Seraphim on fellow kings. [62.13]
- The Folkungs rise again in another rebellion. [47.35]
- Birger is born to King Magnus. (He will become king in 1302.) [48.70]
- Ingrid, daughter of an old magnate family, receives Papal sanction to found a nunnery in Skänninge in Östergötland. [1.54]
1281
- (month unknown)
- King Magnus has wife Helvig of Holstein crowned with a coronation, at Söderköping. [303.94]
- Birger, son of King Magnus, is accepted by the royal council to be the successor to the crown. [48.69]
- The church is reaffirmed as tax-free. [267.28]
1284
- (month unknown)
- A meeting of magnates in Skänninge agrees to accept King Magnus' son Birger as successor to the crown. [47.35] [48.69]
1285
- (month unknown)
- Uppsala Cathedral is founded. [1.42]
1288
- June 16
- A shareholders' company is formed to safeguard mining of the Falu Copper Mine. (This is the earliest recorded reference to the Stora Kopparberg mine, and the first company in recorded history to issue public shares.) [58.12] [143.6] [148.7]
- (month unknown)
- Valdemar is imprisoned in the fortress of Nyköpingshus. [303.92]
- A great wall surrounding the city of Visby on Gotland island is completed. [48.74]
- Civil war breaks out on Gotland. King Magnus Ladulås lays down the terms of peace, fining the city of Visby 2000 silver marks for building the city wall without authorization. [120.65]
1290
- (month unknown)
- King Magnus Ladulås dies. He is buried in a church on the island of Riddarholm, west of Stockholm. [1.45] [47.36] [48.70] [303.95]
- Due to crown Prince Birger being only 11 years old, government rule is taken over by a council of noblemen, lead by marshal Torgils Knutsson. [1.45] [47.44] [48.70] [303.95]
1292
- (month unknown)
- Swedish eastern expansion reaches the Karelian isthmus. [232.134]
1293
- (month unknown)
- The last crusade or conquest is made in Finland. [267.26]
- Torgils Knutsson has a fortress built in Viborg, Finland. [48.70] (1302 [47.44])
1295
- (month unknown)
- The Uppland Law is completed. b[1.49]
1296
- (month unknown)
- Sweden suffers a severe winter. [327.41]
- The King appoints a commission to examine the laws of Uppland. [47.41]
1298
- (month unknown)
- Birger marries Danish princess Märta (Margareta). [48.70] [267.28]
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