Mette Dyre

Mette Iversdotter Dyre (In Swedish: Mätta or Märta Ivarsdotter), (c. 1465 in Tirsbæk on Jylland in Denmark- c. before 1533), was a Danish noble, nominal sheriff and chancellor. She was married to Svante, Regent of Sweden, and as such a de facto queen consort of Sweden. Mette is believed to have been politically active.

Mette Iversdatter was born to the Danish knight Iver Jenssen Dyre (d. ca. 1463) and Kristine Pedersdatter Oxe (d. after 1503). In ca. 1483, she married the Norwegian knight and riksråd Anders van Bergen (d. 1491). In 1496, she married secondly to the Swedish noble Knut Alvsson Tre Rosor (d. 1502), who was a Norwegian riksråd and the fiefholder of Akershus Fortress in Oslo. In 1499, Knut Alfsson lost his position in Norway, and she followed him to Sweden. In Sweden, the couple allied themselves with Svante Sture, at that time not yet Regent of Sweden but a leading member of the Swedish party who wished to dissolve the union between Sweden and Denmark-Norway. In 1502, supported by Sture, Knut Alfsson invaded Norway in an attempt to unite Sweden and Norway against John, King of Denmark. Mette remained in Sweden on his estate Stäkeborg. Initially successful, Knut Alfsson was murdered by Henrik Krummedige. Mette, however, continued his work to encourage Norway to ally with Sweden against the Danish monarch and maintained negotiations through a correspondence with Norwegian representatives. She was aided in the negotiations by Svante Sture.

On 17 November 1504 in , she married thirdly to her ally Svante, Regent of Sweden, after his recent election to the post of Regent. While nominally in union with Denmark, Sweden was de facto an independent Kingdom with Svante as King in all but title, and Mette in the position as queen as first lady of the Swedish court. She was rumored to have participated in an alleged attempt to murder Svante's predecessor Sten Sture the Elder.

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