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{{short description|Swedish noble family}} {{about|the Swedish noble family|the masculine given name|Sture (name)}} [[File:Stockholm-Storkyrkan (St.Georg).jpg|thumb|300px|right|''[[Saint George and the Dragon (Notke)|Saint George and the Dragon]]'' in the Stockholm cathedral [[Storkyrkan]], original grave monument of [[Sten Sture the Elder]] depicting his victory over the Danes at the [[Battle of Brunkeberg]]]] [[File:Stenonis the Younger.jpg|thumb|Contemporary sculpture of [[Sten Sture the younger]] at the altar of [[Västerås Cathedral]] ]] '''Sture''' ({{IPA|sv|ˈstʉ̌ːrɛ|lang}}) was a name borne by three distinct but interrelated noble families in [[Sweden]] in the [[Late Middle Ages]] and [[Early Modern Period]]. It was originally a [[nickname]], meaning 'haughty, proud' (compare the [[Swedish language|Swedish]] word ''stursk''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://svenska.se/tre/?sok=stursk&pz=1 |title=stursk |website=Svenska Akademiens Ordböcker / Swedish Academy Dictionaries |publisher=Svenska Akademi}}</ref> and the [[Old Norse]] and [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] [[personal name]] ''Sturla''), but later became a [[surname]]. Particularly famous are the three regents ({{langx|sv|riksföreståndare}}) from these families who ruled Sweden in succession during the fifty-year period between 1470 and 1520, namely: *[[Sten Sture the Elder]], regent 1470–1497 and 1501–1503 *[[Svante Nilsson (regent of Sweden)|Svante Nilsson]], regent 1504–1512 *[[Sten Sture the Younger]], regent 1512–1520 The Sture families are remembered in the names of [[Sturegatan]] ('Sture Street') and [[Stureplan]] ('Sture Square') in central [[Stockholm]], and by the {{ill|Sten Sture Monument|sv|Sten Sturemonumentet}} in [[Uppsala]], as well as {{ill|Sture Cheese|sv|Stureost}},<ref>{{cite web|title=A-Ö Produkthistorik|url=https://www.arla.se/bondeagda-arla/om-oss/arlas-historia/produkterna/arlas-produkter/|access-date=2017-06-27}}</ref> which is produced by a dairy in [[Sävsjö]], close to the main seat of the 'Younger Sture' family at {{ill|Eksjöhovgård|sv}}.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://runeberg.org/hgsl/2/0204.html|title=Historiskt-geografiskt och statistiskt lexikon öfver Sverige, Vol. II (C-F)|pages=200–1}}</ref>
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