The Swedish nobility (Swedish: Adeln, or Ridderskapet och Adeln, lit. "The Knights and the Nobility") has historically been a legally or socially privileged class in Sweden, and part of the so-called frälse (a derivation from Old Swedish meaning free neck).
The Swedish nobility (Swedish: Adeln, or Ridderskapet och Adeln, lit. "The Knights and the Nobility") has historically been a legally or socially privileged class in Sweden, and part of the so-called frälse (a derivation from Old Swedish meaning free neck).
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