Elections of Which Documents Have Survived
- Magnus Ladulås. There is a document which tells that he was elected at the Stones of Mora in 1275.
- Magnus Eriksson was elected at the stones on July 8, 1319.
- Kristian I, in 1457, he was the last to be elected at the stones.
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