Sten Sture the Younger | |
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Regent Riksföreståndare | |
Reign | 23 July 1512 – 3 February 1520 |
Predecessor | Erik Trolle |
Successor | Christian II |
Born | 1493 |
Died | On the ice of lake Mälaren | 3 February 1520
Burial | Corpse exhumed and burned at the Stockholm Bloodbath |
Spouse | Christina Gyllenstierna |
Father | Svante Nilsson |
Mother | Iliana Gisladotter Gädda |
Sten Sture the Younger (Swedish: Sten Sture den yngre) (1493 – 3 February 1520), was a Swedish nobleman who served as the regent of Sweden, during the era of the Kalmar Union.[1]