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{{Short description|Archbishop of Uppsala from 1438 to 1448}}
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{{for|a medieval Swedish churchman of the same name|Nicolaus Ragvaldi (monk)}}
{{for|a medieval Norwegian rebel leader of the same name|Nils Ravaldsson}}
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'''Nicolaus Ragvaldi''' ({{langx|sv|Nils Ragvaldsson}}; early 1380s – 17 February 1448) was the [[Diocese of Växjö|bishop of Växjö]] and the [[archbishop of Uppsala]] in Sweden from 1438 to 1448. He is known as an early representative of the [[Gothicismus|Gothicist]] tradition.

On 12 November 1434 he held a speech at the [[council of Basel]], where he argued that the Swedish monarch, [[Eric of Pomerania]], was a successor to the Gothic kings, and that the Swedish delegation deserved senior rank. The Spanish delegation responded with a claim of seniority because of the Visigoths. Notes of these speeches were written down and preserved, and included by [[Johannes Magnus]] when he wrote the influential ''History of the Nordic People'' about 150 years later. His research results resulted in [[Gustav Vasa]]'s son styling himself as [[Eric XIV of Sweden|Eric XIV]], although his father disapproved.

==See also==
* [[List of archbishops of Uppsala]]

==References==
*[https://runeberg.org/nfbs/0567.html Article ''Nils Ragvaldsson''] from the [[Nordisk Familjebok]] (Swedish)
*{{citation|author=Werner Söderberg|contribution=Nikolaus Ragvaldis tal i Basel 1434 |url=https://runeberg.org/samlaren/1896/0195.html |year=1896 |title=Samlaren |volume=17 |pages=187}}

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[[Category:1380s births]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic archbishops of Uppsala]]
[[Category:15th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Sweden]]
[[Category:1448 deaths|Nicolaus Ragvaldi]]
[[Category:Bishops of Växjö]]


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