Swedish War of Liberation

Swedish War of Liberation
Part of Dano-Swedish wars
File:Desprez, Assault on Stockholm Castle.jpg The assault on Stockholm Castle, 1523
Date 1521-1523 Location Scandinavia 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

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

• Battle of Västerås (April 29, 1521)
• Conquest of Kalmar (May 27, 1523)
• Conquest of Stockholm (June 16-17, 1523)

References

• "Sweden". Myths of the Nations. Deutsches Historisches Museum. Retrieved 2007-03-29. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)
• Sundberg, Ulf (1998). "Befrielsekriget 1521-1523". Svenskt Militärhistoriskt Bibliotek (in Swedish). Retrieved 2007-03-29. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• Ganse, Alexander. "Swedish War of Liberation, 1521-1523". World History at KMLA. Retrieved 2007-03-29. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |month= and |coauthors= (help)