Jarl GUTTORM Ostmansson of Jämtland & Svealand

• Son of Jarl Ôstman Gudfastsson
• Guttorm Östmansson, he is alleged to be the grandson of the chieftain Östman Gudfastsson, mentioned on the famous runestone on Frösön. Ahnlund believes that Östman Gudfastsson was Guttorm's paternal grandfather (JHH I, page 112 = History of Jämtland and Härjedalen, Nils Ahnlund). (Source: Skanke family page 438, Roger de Robelin)
• Earl Guttorm was probably King Karl Sverkersson's earl after Earl Ulf (d ä) in the 1160s, until at least 1171. He donated land in Dädesjö parish to Vreta monastery . His daughter Helena Guttormsdotter was married to the Danish great man Esbern Snare . Helena had, together with King Valdemar Sejr , outside the marriage, the son Knut Valdemarsson of Denmark.
• In 1136 he attended the assem¬ bly in Trondheim, together with other leaders and chieftains when Sigurd III Mouth was proclaimed King of Norway.

SDHK 207

• Dating: 1165 September 9, Place of issue: Tusculanum

Pope Alexander III to the Archbishop of Uppsala and his suffragettes and Earl Guttorm with the order that, due to the Finns' habit of seeking protection from Christianity, when they are threatened, but renounce and attack the faith and its proponents, when they are safe, demand that the Finns, in order to get help and protection, must hand over fortresses in their possession or at least give them sufficient guarantees against further waste. - https://sok.riksarkivet.se/dokument/sdhk/207.pdf

Guttorm Jarl

By the Swedish biographical dictionary,

Guttorm, d 14 April (year not known). Stated to have become earl no later than 1163, still living in 1171.

G's lineage is not known. According to Saxo, he was an earl when he was sent to Denmark to fetch Valdemar the Great's niece for her wedding to King Karl Sverkersson. During his stay there, he must have been the sponsor of Valdemar's son Knut, who is said to have been born in 1163 or one of the two immediately preceding years (Suhm). It is possible, however, that Saxo's title is anachronistic, for two papal letters in 1164 mention an earl Ulf together with King Karl.

Along with Karl Sverkersson, G is among the donors to Vreta monastery, to which he is said to have donated land in Dädesjö sn (Kron) etc. G is further mentioned as the addressee in a papal letter known in transcript about the treatment of the Finns who waver in the Christian faith, which is considered to date from the year 1171. Since no king is mentioned in this letter, it should have been added before Karl Sverkersson's courtier Knut Eriksson was recognized as king. Even at the beginning of Knut's reign, G seems to have been an earl. In an undated letter from him to Viby monastery, an earl is mentioned, of whose name only the initial letter G is exposed.

According to Icelandic tradition, Birger was smiling(vol. 4) earl already 1174. This is probably true, for a papal letter to King Knut and Birger - where admittedly named with the earl title "comes", not the usual "dux" - could have been dated to this year or 1176 or 1178 (Brulin ). G should therefore have resigned or died before that.

It is possible that G, like King Karl's son Sverker, fled to Denmark. His date of death is known only from a Danish source, Soröabboten Morten Pedersen's calendar from the 16th century, where he was given the unreasonable year of death 1129 (DG 25–29, f 189, UUB). In addition, G's daughter Helena became gm the Danish great man Esbern snare, a cousin of Sverker Karlsson's spouse Benedicta Ebbesdotter(vol. 3), and G's coat of arms was painted among his relatives' shield marks in Sorö. As a widow, she and King Valdemar won a son, Duke Knut of Reval, with whom she founded the Church of Our Lady in Linköping Cathedral.

Guttorm Östmansson. (Source: The Origin of the Norwegian Kingdom, page 8, Tom Björnstad, Norway)

Austmannsson Jarl. Lived from 1130 to 1167. Guttorm was earl in Jämtland and later in Svealand. In Afzelius: ± The Sago-Häfder of the Swedish People, some are told about him: Jämter and Hälsinger gave up in the times under the kings of Norway. But when Sweden had once again obtained a good and dear king, it was Guttorm who advised them to return to their old homeland. Then Jämtland and Hälsingland became Swedish again under King Erik, and Guttorm was made by him earl over Svealand. In 1156 he was with Erik on a crusade against the pagans in Finland, whereby Finland became Christian. Guttorm participated in the Battle of Fyrisvoll in 1161, when the king of violence Magnus Henriksson fell. It is said that Guttorm in King Karl Sverkersson's last reign (death 1167) led a cross army to Estonia.

Guttorm ÖSTMANSSON Occupation: Jarl in Jämtland and Sveland, Sweden Father: Östman GUDFASTSSON (1100 -)

Born: before 1140 Frösön, Z 1) Death: after 1180 Svealand 1)

Family with Ingrid GUTTORMSDOTTER (1135 - 1180) Marriage: about 1150 2) Children: NN GUTTORMSSON (1180 - 1240) A famous child is also Helena GUTTORMSDOTTER (about 1170 - after 1211). At a young age, she married Esbern Snare HVIDE (1127-1204), a Danish great man. Esbern had a brother Absalon (1128-1201), who was a Danish archbishop and statesman. Helene Guttormsdotter and Esbern Hvide had daughter Ingeborg Esbernsdatter Hvide (Ingeborg died in Hedeby in Denmark in 1262 at the age of 12), married to Danish Chief Peder Strangesen ULFELDT (1170 - 1241) and they had daughter Helena Pedersdotter ULFELDT was born about 1234. formerly married to Knut LÅNGE Filipsson, Swedish king (1229-1234), who was killed in 1234. They had the children: Holmgeir Knutsson, earl of Sweden, killed in 1248. Filip Knutsson, killed at Herrevad's bridge in 1251. After Esbern's death year In 1204 Helene Guttormsdotter got the son Knud with King Valdemar II Victory of Denmark (1170 - 1241). Knud of Denmark (1211 - 1260) was Duke of Estonia, Lolland and Blekinge and married to Duke daughter Hedvig SVANTEPOLKSDOTTER from Poland. (Sources: Tore Nygaard, Linköping, A Nordic Chronology, Alf Henriksson and Bra Böckers Lexicon)

Notes Guttorm was earl in Jämtland and later in Svealand. In the priest Arvid August Afielius: 'The Swedish People's Sago-Häfder' (published in the middle of the 19th century), there is a part about him: Jämter and Hälsinger gave up in those times under the kings of Norway. But when Sweden had once again obtained a good and dear king, it was Guttorm who advised them to return to their old homeland. Then Jämtland and Hälsingland became Swedish again under King Erik, and Guttorm was made by him earl over Svealand. In 1156 he was with Erik on a crusade against the pagans in Finland, whereby Finland became Christian. Guttorm participated in the Battle of Fyrisvoll in 1161, when the king of violence Magnus Henriksson fell. It is said that Guttorm in King Karl Sverkersson's last reign (death 1167) brought a cross army to Estonia. (Source: Tore Nygaard, Linköping)

The Ope family, a Norwegian low-relief family that originated from Ope in Brunflo sn, Jämtland, and whose eldest knew for sure ancestor was Guttorm Torbjörnsson in Aghnahal, known in 1410. Her son Philip Guttormsson is identical with Philip, who was married to one by the name unknown daughter of Sigfrid in Ope. (Source: Skanke family page 438, Roger de Robelin)

Guttorm Östmansson, he is alleged to be the daughter-in-law's grandson of the chieftain Östman Gudfastsson, mentioned on the famous rune stone on Frösön. Ahnlund believes that Östman Gudfastsson was the father of Guttorm's grandfather (JHH I, page 112 = Jämtland and Härjedalen's history, Nils Ahnlund). (Source: Skanke family page 438, Roger de Robelin)

Guttorm was married to Ingrid Guttormsdotter, sister of the mighty Bård Guttormsson on Rein in Normöre (died in 1194), married three times, once with King Sverre's sister Cecilia. His sons were King Inge of Norway (died in 1217) and Skule Earl (died in 1240. Ingrid Guttormsdotter was the daughter of Guttorm Åslulfsson to Rein and Hallkell Huuk's sister Eldrid Jonsdotter. Ragnhild Erlingsdotter (Erling Skjalgsson's family), who in turn was the grandson's daughter of Harald Hårfager of Norway (860-930) Guttorm Åsulfsson's father Åsulf on Rein was grandson of Toste Jarl, dead in 1066 and Judith of Flanders. (Source: Skanke family, Roger de Robelin)

That Östman Gudfastsson was a significant man should be given, but we do not get any details about him than is read on the stone. However, there are certainly descendants after him according to what name forms give at hand. Thus, Guttorm Östmansson on Frösön around 1150 is considered to be a grandson. (Source: Leaves from Frösö history page 22, Per Swedmark, 1955)

An descendant of this Östman was probably the Guttorm Östmansson who must have lived about 100 years later, in the middle of the 12th century, and who married Ingrid, daughter of Guttorm Åsulvsson at Rein. (Source: Jemtland and Norway, Professor Edv. Bull, 1927).

Links

• https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guttorm_jarl
• http://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=13326
• http://finnholbek.dk/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I25208&tree=2
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=stobie&id...
• http://bo-oscarsson.org/Saga.om.Jamtland.Engl.html
• https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%B6s%C3%B6stenen
• http://runeberg.org/dbl/7/0290.html

Sources

• Project MedLands Norway Nobility - https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORWEGIAN%20NOBILITY.htm
• The Norwegian - http://lindevang-lolland.dk/index-filer/Page4754.htm
• The Heimskringla, Volume 3, By Snorri Sturluson - https://books.google.com/books?id=5vHUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100&d...
• Translated from the Icelandic - https://books.google.com/books?id=w7dJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100&d...
• The Heimskringla, Snorri Sturluson 1179 - 1241 ; Laing, Samuel 1780 - 1868, Ár1844,TungumálEnska, Efnisorð Konungasögur, Bindi3 - Blaðsíður1324 - http://baekur.is/bok/000365908/3/108/The_Heimskringla_or_Chronicle_...