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unusual facts about Magnus IV of Sweden


St. Catherine's Priory, Roskilde

The geatest patron of the Dominican friars of Roskilde was the immensely powerful Dowager Duchess Ingeborg (1301-c.1360), mother of King Magnus IV of Sweden and VII of Norway, who made them frequent gifts from at least 1330 onwards and also remembered them in her will.


Stora Enso

The Swedish copper mining company Stora Kopparberg ("great copper mountain") in Falun was granted a charter from King Magnus IV of Sweden in 1347, although the first share in the company (granting the Bishop of Västerås 12.5% ownership) dates from 1288.

Timeline of pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact

1354: King Magnus of Sweden and Norway authorised Paul Knutson to lead an expedition to Greenland—may never have taken place


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