Stockholm women: Kristina Cyllenstierna

 

Kristina Cyllenstierna was a very interesting women to learn about in Stockholm. She was a very respected leader in Stockholm. She was a noble women and led the resistance against Christian II of Denmark (wikipedia). She encourage troops to keep on fighting on the resistance. She participated a lot as an advisor in state affair and in politics. The King of Sweden felt threaten by her after she was release from prison in Denmark. To get rid of her, he decides to marry her off to another noble man. Kristina Cyllenstierna lived a very eventful life and was seen as a powerful person among others.

Kristina Cyllenstierna contribute to Stockholms loyalty and defended her country when Sweden needed her. She was a leader through the resistance and encourage people of Stockholm to defend their country and properly fight for what is properly theirs. She pushed them to keep on fighting even after the blood bath. She is also example to women of different roles women can have in a society and in war. She also shows that women are capable to have political power and that women can bring different perspective into politics. She is a great role for women influence in war and politics. 

I don't think Kridtns Cyllenstierna is commemorated well in Stockholm. She is a part of an altar piece, as a sculpture, in the altar of Vaster Cathedral. She also has a stature near the royal power which represents her as a defender of Stockholm. I do not think those sculpture and statute are good enough to represent her and her achievement. I think she deserve to have a monument or a military building named after her for how she influence people to defend Stockholm. I also think she desire to be taught in school because she is a great  example of a women defending her country which is barley taught in history.