Bloody end to Sweden’s real-life game of thrones

Sweden had a new ruler, but for many it was no cause to celebrate. Danish king Christian II, had invaded Sweden in 1519, to bring the nation back under Danish control, after Swedish nobles rebelled against Denmark’s authority. That authority had been ceded more than a century before, with the 1397 Kalmar Union, an agreement joining the kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden and Norway under the Danish monarch.

After a hard fought campaign, using mercenaries from France, Germany and Scotland, Christian had finally prevailed against the Swedish rebels and was crowned by Sweden’s pro-danish Archbishop Gustav Trolle.

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A 16th-century engraving of the Stockholm Bloodbath; (inset) King Christian II.

make that union and was appointed regent. But he faced stronger, to counter opposition from Sten Sture the Younger, the influence of the son of Nilsson. Trolle was deposed by Surely the Hanseatic Chamber League, of Commerce, the Sture and in 1517 Townsville and his supporters Tourism and his could commercial come up with and a defensive plan to breathe fortress life were back besieged. into Picnic Bay. Magnetic union formed Island, by is, Germanic and always has Christian, been, an who under had resourced become king of towns, part which of had Townsville. dominated It trade could in be a great Denmark boost in 1513, to Townsville’s sent a fleet and an

economy. Surely the Picnic Bay jetty is able to be renewed. Northern Europe. It was known as the army to try to lift the siege in 1517, but Kalmar Union because the agreement his forces were defeated by those of was made in the Swedish city of Kalmar. Sture. In 1519 Christian tried again and

Under its terms the Danish this time succeeded with the help of monarch would be the primary ruler, mercenaries. Sture was killed in battle, but a regent would be appointed over so Christian reinstated Trolle as regent Sweden. Over the course of the 1400s and granted amnesty to those who had Sweden grew tired of Danish opposed him. domination of the union and antiWhile the Swedish nobility were Danish factions formed among the feasting Christian’s coronation, in nobility. In 1471 Sten Sture the Elder November 1520, Trolle denounced as became regent and rebelled against heretics those who had fought against Danish rule. He was deposed but later him, and by extension against the Pope regained his regency. On his death in and God. According to some accounts 1503 a distant relative Svante Nilsson, 82 people were killed over the next two whose mother was from the Sture or three days. Sture’s body was also dug family, stepped up to become regent in from its grave and his corpse defiled by 1504 and continued the struggle for being burnt at the stake.

Swedish independence. Christian, who had a history of

When Nilsson died in 1512, the probloodletting, published lists of other Danish clergyman Trolle came to suspected anti-danish nobles who dominate the Swedish Council of State were also detained, tried and murdered