De tre folklanden i nuvarande Uppland hette Attundaland, Tiundaland och Fjädrundaland. Mellan de tre folklanden, på Mora äng, stod den numer försvunna Mora sten. Här hölls Mora ting, där kungen valdes och hyllades. Det var folken som hade rätt att utse en kung men även avsätta honom om de ansåg att han inte skötte sitt uppdrag. Valet stadfästes när kungen red eriksgata genom de viktigaste landskapen för att bekräftas av landskapens lagmän.
Vid slutet av 1200-talet var lagen i de tre folklanden svårtydd och spridd i flera olika skrifter. På uppdrag av kung Birger Magnusson tillsatte Tiundalands lagman Birger Persson en nämnd från de tre folklanden och tillsammans skrev de Upplandslagen. Den nya lagen stadfästes av kungen år 1296. I samband med detta slogs de tre folklanden ihop och bildade det nya Upplands lagsaga.
Kristian I blev år 1457 den sista kungen att väljas vid Mora ting.
Januari 2021
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Folklands were Viking and medieval landscapes in present-day Sweden that had their own laws and lawmen. The origin and evolution of the folklands is debated and partly shrouded in obscurity, but their existence has been known since the 11th century.
The three folklands in present-day Uppland were called Attundaland, Tiundaland and Fjädrundaland. Between the three folklands, on Mora Meadow, stood the now-disappeared Stone of Mora. Mora thing was held here, where the king was elected and honored. The people had the right to appoint a king and depose him if they believed he did not fulfill his mission. The election was confirmed when the king travelled through the most important provinces to be sanctioned by the provinces’ lawmen.
By the end of the 13th century, the laws of the three folklands were difficult to interpret and spread in several different texts. Commissioned by King Birger Magnusson, Tiundaland’s lawman Birger Persson appointed a committee from the three folklands and together they wrote the Law of Uppland. The new law was ratified by the king in 1296. In conjunction with this, the three folklands merged and formed the new Upplands lagsaga (”Uppland’s judicial district”).
In 1457, Christian I became the last king to get elected on Mora Meadow.
January 2021
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