Margareta Josefsdotter Pipping

MARGARETA PIPPING (1723–1766)

Margareta Pipping – pictured attached – was a daughter of Josef Josefsson Pipping (Jan. 22, 1683, Turku, Finland – April 5, 1740, Turku) and Magdalena Pipping (Nee: Schultz; March 8, 1692, Turku – July 17, 1751, Loimaa, Finland).

Margareta was born on November 14, 1723, in Arboga, Sweden. She died on April 23, 1766, at the age of 42 in Turku (Swedish: Åbo). She was married to Jakob Bremer (June 19, 1711, Västerås, Sweden – Sept. 5, 1785, Turku). The couple had 11 children together.

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ARBOGA – A LOCALITY IN SWEDEN

From the early 1970s onward, Arboga has been officially a locality and the seat of Arboga Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden.

In 2010, the population of Arboga was 10,330 inhabitants. Arboga is located about an hour car ride west from Stockholm, the capital of Sweden.

From the 13th century to the early 1970s, Arboga was a town. It was one of the oldest towns of Sweden. The Arboga area has been inhabited since at least around 900 AD.

The name (originally Arbugæ) consists of the words "ar", which in ancient Swedish means river, and "bughi", which means "bend". Combined together, the two words mean "river bend".

Arboga was at one time a residence of the royal family of Vasa. It was the scene of church assemblies and national diets, and it is known for the antiquities in its neighborhood.

The first session of the 'Riksdag of the Estates', the parliament, of what became known as Sweden was held in Arboga in 1435, marking – in a way – the birth of the country of Sweden.

Riksdag of the Estates (in formal Swedish: Riksens ständer; in informal Swedish: Ståndsriksdagen) was the name used for the Estates of Sweden when they were assembled.

Until its dissolution in 1866, the institution was the highest authority in Sweden next to the King. It was a Diet made up of the Four Estates, which historically were the lines of division in Swedish society:

• Nobility • Clergy • Burghers • Peasants

Albertus Pictor, the most famous Swedish artist of the late medieval period, was admitted burgher of the town in 1465.