Jake Påhlman Peterson

Jake Påhlman Peterson

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Jake Påhlman Peterson discovered his connection to the Påhlman family through an obscure court record. A historian and director of Polmanarkivet, he reconstructs six centuries of their history from the traces they left behind.
The Legend of the Twelve Brothers
Family History

The Legend of the Twelve Brothers

A legend says twelve brothers left Westphalia and scattered across a continent. The armoured arm keeps appearing, and so do the acorns. The twelve brothers never do.
· 14 min read
A Handful of Hungarian Gold
Family History

A Handful of Hungarian Gold

In the winter of 1620, 237 Hungarian ducats disappeared from Albrecht Budde’s room. He spent three years trying to prove who had taken them. The court required a witness. There was none.
· 16 min read
Beata Lilliesparre and the Bones in the Loft
Family History

Beata Lilliesparre and the Bones in the Loft

The bones had lain hidden for nearly ten years before anyone found them. What followed was six years of court proceedings, a forged witness statement, a deathbed confession — and a captain who was already gone.
· 17 min read
The Flight of Jöran Polman
Family History

The Flight of Jöran Polman

History remembers him as a Major who died for the Crown. But in 1635, Jöran Polman was a fugitive selling his wife's morning gift to escape a scandal — and leaving his widow to rewrite his legacy.
· 15 min read
The Officers of Skokloster Castle
Family History

The Officers of Skokloster Castle

In 1623, the field marshal Herman Wrangel commissioned life-sized portraits of his officers, which adorn the walls of the magnificent baroque castle Skokloster. But how did they get there?
· 19 min read

Follow six centuries of family history as it's uncovered.

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