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His long reign saw major legal and administrative reforms, including the introduction of Magnus Erikssons landslag, the first law code intended to apply throughout the Swedish countryside.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"May 1316","date":"1316-05"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314457#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Norway","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314457#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"1 December 1374","date":"1374-12-01"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314457#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Bømlo Municipality","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113552"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314457#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Sweden","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314457#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314457#P106"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Blanche of Namur","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q242598","start":"1335"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314457#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Monarch of Sweden (6 July 1319 – 15 February 1364)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1268572","start":"1319-07-06","end":"1364-02-15"},{"text":"Monarch of Norway (1319–1355)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1294765","start":"1319","end":"1355"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314457#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Eriksson","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314457"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Magnus Eriksson born?","a":"Magnus Eriksson was born on May 1316 in Norway."},{"q":"What positions has Magnus Eriksson held?","a":"Positions held by Magnus Eriksson include: Monarch of Sweden (1319–1364); Monarch of Norway (1319–1355)."}],"related":[{"name":"Christopher of Bavaria","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/christopher-of-bavaria"},{"name":"Hans, King of Denmark","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hans-king-of-denmark"},{"name":"Christian II of Denmark","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/christian-ii-of-denmark"},{"name":"Christian I of Denmark","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/christian-i-of-denmark"},{"name":"Erik of Pomerania","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/erik-of-pomerania"},{"name":"Margaret I of Denmark","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/margaret-i-of-denmark"},{"name":"Cnut","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/cnut"},{"name":"Christian VIII","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/christian-viii"},{"name":"Frederick I of Denmark","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/frederick-i-of-denmark"},{"name":"Frederick II of Denmark","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/frederick-ii-of-denmark"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/magnus-eriksson-fed4234a04.jpg","width":500,"height":576,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Unknown author Unknown author","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magnus_Eriksson_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Magnus Eriksson","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Eriksson","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q314457","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314457","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Magnus Eriksson (cropped).jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magnus_Eriksson_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Magnus Eriksson, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Magnus Eriksson (cropped).jpg — Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain.","cite":"\"Magnus Eriksson\". DigiNepal. Last updated 8 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/magnus-eriksson. Retrieved 10 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-08T08:56:59Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-09","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/magnus-eriksson","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/magnus-eriksson","ne":null}}