Vårfruberga Abbey [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Vårfruberga Abbey
Vårfruberga Abbey (), previously Fogdö Abbey ("Fogdö kloster") was a Cistercian monastery of nuns from the 12th century until 1527, situated 1 mile north-west of Strängnäs on the Fogdö peninsula in Lake Mälaren, formerly a parish, in Södermanland, Sweden.
History.
History Fogdö Abbey.
In the 12th century a house of Benedictine nuns was established here, but its exact location is obscure. Excavations in 1991–92 revealed that a medieval fortification had been built on an elevation near the water
the nuns' choral liturgy. Judging from the surviving walls, the services of a builder trained in the Cistercian style were obtained for the project.
In 1252 the abbey was sent a from, and sealed by, Birger Jarl and his son Valdemar, which is still preserved in the "Riksarkivet".
History Vårfruberga Abbey.
After 50 years the nuns moved again to the present Kungsberg (3 km east of Fogdö), where they were able to have built a full monastic complex in accordance with the Cistercian