Skänninge Abbey

Coming from the elite of the Swedish nobility, Ingrid and her family was able to donate large estates to the establishment.

On 2 September 1282, its prioress, Ingrid, died, and the convent became the center of her cult and the target for pilgrimages.

The cult of Blessed Ingrid benefited the convent and made it rich, and it was a successful rival to the male monastery of the same order in the city.

It was fashionable among wealthy people to be buried in the graveyard of the convent, and large donations were made to it in connection with the burials.

By the Swedish Reformation of 1527, Catholic convents were confiscated by the crown in accordance with the Reduction of Gustav I of Sweden and banned from accepting new novices, although the existing members were allowed either to leave their convents or to remain, supported by a royal allowance.