Vreta kloster

Vreta Abbey, in operation from the start of the twelfth century to 1582, was the first nunnery in Sweden, first of all Benedictine and later Cistercian, and one of the oldest in Scandinavia. It changed into positioned within the gift-day municipality of Linkoping in Ostergotland. The genuine yr of the muse is not recognized. The abbey become founded through King Inge the Elder of Sweden and Queen Helena on the orders of Pope Paschal II, which gives a date variety for the muse: Paschal have become pope in 1099; the date of Inge's dying is disputed, but probable passed off around 1105 or a touch later. In the subsequent decade King Inge the Younger and Queen Ulvhild made big donations to it.

The unique buildings burned down inside the early 13th century, however had been rebuilt, and a new church changed into devoted within the presence of Magnus III and Hedwig of Holstein in 1289. Vreta Abbey become a residence of Benedictine nuns until 1162, whilst it turned into turned into a Cistercian nunnery. The first Cistercian abbess turned into Ingegerd, sister of Charles VII.