Misplaced Pages

Swedish War of Liberation

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by AnonEMouse (talk | contribs) at 16:10, 29 March 2007 (Added some references). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Revision as of 16:10, 29 March 2007 by AnonEMouse (talk | contribs) (Added some references)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Swedish War of Liberation
Part of Dano-Swedish wars
File:Desprez, Assault on Stockholm Castle.jpg
The assault on Stockholm Castle, 1523
Date1521-1523
LocationScandinavia
Result Swedish independence, dissolution of Kalmar Union
Belligerents
Sweden, Free City of Lübeck Denmark, Kalmar Union
Commanders and leaders
Gustav Vasa Christian II of Denmark
Dano-Swedish wars

The Swedish War of Liberation (1521-1523), Swedish: Befrielsekriget, was a civil war in which the Swedish nobleman Gustav Vasa successfully deposed the Danish king Kristian II, as regent of the Kalmar Union in Sweden. Gustav Vasa was elected the new king of Sweden on June 6, 1521 in the city of Strängnäs and in 1522 the Hanseatic city of Lübeck allied themselves with the Swedish side. After the capture of Stockholm in June 1523, Sweden was effectively liberated and by September Swedish Finland was also liberated. By the Treaty of Malmö signed on September 1, 1524 Sweden seceded from the Kalmar Union.

Battles

References


Flag of SwedenHourglass icon  

This Swedish history-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Flag of DenmarkHourglass icon  

This Danish history article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article on military history is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: