Siege of Steinvikholm (1537)
| Siege of Steinvikholm | |||||||
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| Part of Olav Engelbrektsson's rebellion and the Protestant Reformation | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Kingdom of Norway (Catholic) | Kingdom of Denmark (Protestant) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Deacon Knud Pederson Skanke | Tord Roed | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown (maybe around 100) | Unknown (maybe around 300-400) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The Siege of Steinvikholm was a siege, between the forces of the Catholic Deacon Knud Pederson Skanke and noble Tord Roed.[1]
The siege started in April after the Archbishop of Norway Olav Engelbrektsson had fled the country. The protestant forces layed siege to the castle and did a naval blockade of the fjord.[1] The defenders fired there canons at the besigers day and night, and refused sevral request to surrender to the protestant forces. But the defenders surrendered on 17 May. The reason was that the defenders heard a rumour that the nobel Truid Ulfstand was on his way to Trondheim from Denmark with a force of 1500 men.[1] The defenders stipulated for there surrender that; non of the defenders where to be punished after the surrender, and be pardoned for there involvement in the rebellion. Knud Pederson Skanke was to keep all his possessions he had at the castle, and keep his position as deacon.[1]
Aftermath
All the demands where accepted by the besigers, and the stipulasions where formally accsepted by the nobels Truid Ulfstand and Christoffer Huitfieldt on 29 May. After this the catholics where subdued in Trøndelag and Northern Norway. The only resistance left was in the northern part of Eastern Norway. In June Truid Ulfstand innvaded that part of the country and laid siege to Hamarhus.