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Revision as of 23:59, 1 December 2002 by Dan Koehl (talk | contribs) (is it spelled nobility?)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Magnus I of Sweden (1240-1290), by name Magnus Barnlock (Swedish: Magnus Ladulås) was king of Sweden from 1275 until his death in 1290. Historians debate whether his epithet is because of his decree of 1279 illegalizing coshery (thereby "putting a lock" on barns) or because his second name might have been Ladislaus.
With the declaration of the Alsnö stadga 1279, Magnus Ladulås gave the knights, (or anyone who supported the crown with a warrior on a horse) freedom from tax, (in Swedish called Frälse) this was the formal foundation of the Swedish nobility.