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Another historical map, showing the Baltic in the year 1517.

By 1517 Sweden had faced several years of political turmoil between those in favour and those against a continuation of the Scandinavian dynastic union. One of those in favour of maintaining the Kalmar Union was the archbishop of Uppsala, Gustav Trolle. The Lord Steward (riksföreståndare) of Sweden , Sten Sture the Younger persecuted him forcefully and besieged the episcopal castle of Almarestäket. As a result, the archbishop called upon the executor of the temporal authority, Christian II of Denmark, to defend the Catholic church. In a badly planned campaign, Christian II launched a naval expedition against the Swedish capital of Stockholm with the intent of breaking through to Almarestäket and liberate Trolle.

The Danish army, however, was defeated at the village of Vädla outside of Stockholm and Gustav Trolle subsequently had to surrender and go into captivity.

It would, however, not be the last attack on Sweden undertaken by Christian II.

Done in Illustrator and Photoshop.

Description
Another historical map, showing the Baltic in the year 1517.

By 1517 Sweden had faced several years of political turmoil between those in favour and those against a continuation of the Scandinavian dynastic union. One of those in favour of maintaining the Kalmar Union was the archbishop of Uppsala, Gustav Trolle. The Lord Steward (riksföreståndare) of Sweden , Sten Sture the Younger persecuted him forcefully and besieged the episcopal castle of Almarestäket. As a result, the archbishop called upon the executor of the temporal authority, Christian II of Denmark, to defend the Catholic church. In a badly planned campaign, Christian II launched a naval expedition against the Swedish capital of Stockholm with the intent of breaking through to Almarestäket and liberate Trolle.

The Danish army, however, was defeated at the village of Vädla outside of Stockholm and Gustav Trolle subsequently had to surrender and go into captivity.

It would, however, not be the last attack on Sweden undertaken by Christian II.

Done in Illustrator and Photoshop.