Stockholm Bloodbath
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The Stockholm Bloodbath, or the Stockholm Massacre (Swedish: Stockholms blodbad, Danish: Det Stockholmske Blodbad), took place as the result of a successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces under the command of King Christian II. The bloodbath itself was a series of events taking place between November 7 and November 9 in 1520, climaxing on the 8th, when around 80-90 people (mostly nobility and clergy supporting the Sture party) were executed, despite a promise by King Christian for general amnesty.
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See also
- Kalmar Union
- Sten Sture the Younger
- Swedish War of Liberation
- Sture Murders
- Åbo Bloodbath
- Linköping Bloodbath
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