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8th November 1520: The Stockholm Bloodbath begins under Denmark’s Christian II

8th November 2019
Tagged as: Christian II, Denmark, Gustav Trolle, Gustav Vasa, Kalmar Union, Sten Sture, Stockholm, Sweden, Swedish Was of Liberation

Christian II had invaded Sweden in an attempt to preserve the Kalmar Union that joined the Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Sweden and Norway under a single monarch.

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8th November 1520: The Stockholm Bloodbath begins under Denmark’s Christian II

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