 However, a later chronicle entry from the mid-1220s said that Russian princes had not been able to dwell in the land of Yem.At the same time, Sweden and Novgorod were in conflict as well.Pope Alexander III, in his letter to the Archbishop of Uppsala and Jarl Gottorm of Sweden in 1171 (or 1172), perhaps refers to the Finns' struggle against Novgorod by demanding Sweden take over Finnish fortresses in exchange for protection.