This magnificent monument was donated to the Church of St Nicholas in Stockholm (now Storkyrkan) by Regent Sten Sture the Elder and his wife Ingeborg Tott. According to one version, it was commissioned to commemorate the victory over the Danes and the supporters of the Kalmar Union at the Battle of Brunkeberg (10 October 1471). Before the battle, both sides had called for the help of St George, but the saint favoured the power of Sten Sture. The ideological interpretation of the monument would be that just as the brave knight George stopped the dragon from swallowing the beautiful princess, Sten Sture prevented the union from swallowing Sweden. In terms of whether the St George’s group was made in the workshop of Bernt Notke, researchers’ opinions differ: it has also been claimed that the monument was actually created by Dutch masters.