Mats Kettilmundsson

Mats Kettilmundsson (also Mattias Kettilmundsson) (died 11 May 1326) was a Swedish riksdrots and statesman who was head of government in Sweden under the short regency there of Duchess Ingeborg (mother of boy king Magnus IV) in 1318–1319.[1][2]

Seal of Mats Kettilmundsson

As commander of the military in Swedish Finland, but against the wishes of the Swedish government, in 1325 he crossed the Gulf of Finland and attacked Tallinn (then a Danish possession), alleging that the city must be punished for executing four of his soldiers who had gone on a rampage there. He died the following year.[3]

References
  1. Professor Grethe Authén Blom in Norge i union på 1300-tallet 1 ISBN 82-519-1117-6 p. 43
  2. Professor Grete Authén Blom in Ingebjørg med Guds misskunn Kong Håkons datter, Hertuginne i Sviarike: Brudstykker av et politisk kvinneportrett Norsk Historisk Tidskrift, Oslo 1981 p. 425
  3. Ulf Sundberg in Medeltidens svenska krig Stockholm 1999 ISBN 9189080262 p. 137 (in Swedish)


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