Swedish War of Liberation

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Swedish War of Liberation
Part of Dano-Swedish wars
Date 1521-1523 Location Scandinavia Result Swedish independence, dissolution of Kalmar Union
Belligerents
Sweden Free City of Lübeck	Denmark Kalmar Union
Commanders
Gustav Vasa	Christian II of Denmark

v • d • e Dano-Swedish wars Swedish Liberation – Northern Seven Years' – Kalmar – Torstenson – Northern – Scanian – Great Northern – Theater – Napoleonic

v • d • e Swedish War of Liberation Brunbäcks färja – Västerås – Kalmar – Stockholm

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.

[edit] Battles

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

[edit] References

• "Sweden". Myths of the Nations. Deutsches Historisches Museum. http://www.dhm.de/ausstellungen/mythen/english/schweden.html. Retrieved on 2007-03-29. 
• Sundberg, Ulf (1998). "Befrielsekriget 1521-1523" (in Swedish). Svenskt Militärhistoriskt Bibliotek. http://www.smb.nu/index.php/svenskakrig/krig-1521-1611/befrielsekriget-1521-1523/91-krig-1521-1611/188-befrielsekriget-1521-1523. Retrieved on 2008-08-02. 
• Ganse, Alexander. "Swedish War of Liberation, 1521-1523". World History at KMLA. http://www.zum.de/whkmla/military/16cen/sweddan15211523.html. Retrieved on 2007-03-29.