Truid Ulfstand

Truid Gregersen Ulfstand (1487 – November 16, 1545) was a Danish nobleman, landowner, and privy council member.

[2] He was active in Norway in the 1530s during the time that the country was entering into a real union with Denmark, and was a commander in the Danish civil war known as The Count's Feud.

[2] In 1531, Ulfstand participated in the negotiations on Christian II's fate in Copenhagen before he was sent to Norway in 1532, together with Claus Bille to bring the country under King Frederick.

[5] Following Ulfstand's captivity, King Gustav I of Sweden sent an army against Halland, which began a siege of Varberg Fortress on November 10, 1534.

He now opened supported Duke Christian and he assembled a small army that besieged Varberg.

Truid Ulfstand's gravestone with the family coat of arms of his parents and wives in the crypt of Lund Cathedral . The inscription reads: her ligger begrauit oc salig wader truidor grerson wlstand ridd aff torop so døde an dm met tw.s ... kiere frwer ano d ni md ... [ 1 ]