Karl Magnusson

{{Short description|Bishop of Linköping 1216–1220}}

Karl Magnusson (died 1220) was the Bishop of Linköping during 1216–1220.

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Karl Magnusson was from the Bjälbo dynasty or House of Folkung (Folkungaätten) and was a brother of Birger Magnusson (Birger Jarl), the most powerful man of Sweden in the mid-13th century.

His father was Magnus Minnessköld (1180s-1208), and his mother was likely Ingrid Ylva (1180s-1250-1255).

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