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detail church , now in the swedish museum of national antiquities of . holmger knutson 's tomb cover from skokloster canute ii of sweden 1248 house of eric helena pedersdatter strange skokloster church , håbo , near uppsala 1210s helena filipsdotter file : holmger knutsson.jpg holmger knutsson
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holmger knutsson

holmger knutsson -lrb- 1210s -- 1248 -rrb- was a swedish nobleman and a claimant to the swedish throne during the reign of king eric xi of sweden .
holmger knutsson was the eldest son of king canute ii of sweden and helena pedersdatter strange .
at his father 's death in 1234 , holmger seems to have been on his way to be the new king , but he was side-tracked by `` jarl '' ulf fase and earlier king eric xi who had been exiled in denmark since 1229 .
holmger 's whereabouts after that are not known , but it has been speculated that he held gästrikland north of uppland for the next thirteen years .
together with `` folkungs , '' holmger made an unsuccessful attempt for the crown in 1247 .
the battle of sparrsätra took place in uppland north of enköping between forces led by birger jarl and rebels led by holmger knutsson .
according to `` erikskrönikan '' , after defeat in the battle holmger fled to gästrikland but was captured , quickly brought to trial and beheaded in 1248 .
there seems to have been a widespread attempt to have holmger established as a saint , but that was eventually suppressed .
the later manuscripts show that a special chapel was built to consecrate holmger knutsson in björklinge , norunda härad , in uppland .
he lies buried next to his father in skokloster -lrb- sko abbey -rrb- church in håbo , near uppsala .
holmger was married to helena philipsdotter .
they had no known children .
