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100 1 _aNoponen, Alpo,
_d1862-1927
245 1 0 _aHemming Gad
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2026-03-10
508 _aJuhani Kärkkäinen and Tapio Riikonen
520 _a"Hemming Gad" by Alpo Noponen is a historical play written in the early 20th century. It dramatizes Sweden’s struggle for independence against Denmark, focusing on the fiery bishop-elect Hemming Gad, the regent Sten Sture the Younger, and the nobles and clergy who divide into pro-Swedish and pro-Danish camps. The work probes loyalty, church power, and popular will as plots, papal pressure, and street-level support collide. The opening of the play sets a tense political stage in Växjö, where bishops and nobles friendly to King Christian II scheme with the king’s agent, Master Jon, to hand strongholds to Denmark and undermine Sten Sture; Hemming Gad bursts in with townsmen at his back, denounces treason, and expels Jon across the border while the conspirators vow to have Gad excommunicated. In Stockholm Castle, Bishop Matias produces a papal order against Gad; Ingemar repents his defiance, and a wary Sture, fearing a clash with Rome, withdraws his protection as Matias symbolically casts Gad into the ban. Gad retreats to Rönö, while Jaakko Kurki leaves Sture’s service to follow him, and Kristina Gyllenstjerna warns Sture of the cost of losing his staunchest ally. A final vignette among peasants near Rönö shows Master Jon posing as a monk and peddling indulgences while vilifying Gad, hinting at a campaign to turn common folk against him. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cPorvoo: Werner Söderström, 1903
653 _aHistorical drama
653 _aFinnish drama -- 20th century
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78163
999 _c118883
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