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The Swedish War of Liberation (1521-1523), Swedish
Swedish language

Swedish is a North Germanic languages language, spoken by around 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the coast and on the ?land islands....
: Befrielsekriget, was a civil war in which the Swedish nobleman Gustav Vasa
Gustav I of Sweden

Gustav I, born Gustav Eriksson and later known as Gustav Vasa , was Monarchy of Sweden from 1523 until his death. He was the first monarch of the House of Vasa, an influential Nobility which came to be the royal house of Sweden for much of the 16th and 17th centuries....
 successfully deposed the Danish king Kristian II
Christian II of Denmark

Christian II was a Danish monarch and King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden , under the Kalmar Union. Christian was born the son of King Hans of Denmark and Christina of Saxony, at Nyborg Castle in 1481 and succeeded his father as king and regent in Denmark and Norway, where he later was to be succeeded by his uncle King Frederick I of Denmar...
, as regent of the Kalmar Union
Kalmar Union

The Kalmar Union is a historiography term meaning a series of personal unions that united the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden under a single monarch, though intermittently....
 in Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
. Gustav Vasa was elected the new king of Sweden on June 6, 1521 in the city of Strängnäs
Strängnäs

Str?ngn?s is a urban areas of Sweden in S?dermanland, in south central Sweden, located by Lake M?laren with approximately 12,300 inhabitants....
 and in 1522 the Hanseatic
Hanseatic League

The Hanseatic League was an Military alliance of Trade cities and their guilds that established and maintained trade monopoly along the coast of Northern Europe, from the Baltic Sea to the North Sea and inland, during the Late Middle Ages and Early modern period ....
 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
Österland

?sterland or ?sterlanden was formerly a term used for the southern part of Finland. It fell gradually off use already in the 15th century....
 was also liberated.






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The Swedish War of Liberation (1521-1523), Swedish
Swedish language

Swedish is a North Germanic languages language, spoken by around 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the coast and on the ?land islands....
: Befrielsekriget, was a civil war in which the Swedish nobleman Gustav Vasa
Gustav I of Sweden

Gustav I, born Gustav Eriksson and later known as Gustav Vasa , was Monarchy of Sweden from 1523 until his death. He was the first monarch of the House of Vasa, an influential Nobility which came to be the royal house of Sweden for much of the 16th and 17th centuries....
 successfully deposed the Danish king Kristian II
Christian II of Denmark

Christian II was a Danish monarch and King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden , under the Kalmar Union. Christian was born the son of King Hans of Denmark and Christina of Saxony, at Nyborg Castle in 1481 and succeeded his father as king and regent in Denmark and Norway, where he later was to be succeeded by his uncle King Frederick I of Denmar...
, as regent of the Kalmar Union
Kalmar Union

The Kalmar Union is a historiography term meaning a series of personal unions that united the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden under a single monarch, though intermittently....
 in Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
. Gustav Vasa was elected the new king of Sweden on June 6, 1521 in the city of Strängnäs
Strängnäs

Str?ngn?s is a urban areas of Sweden in S?dermanland, in south central Sweden, located by Lake M?laren with approximately 12,300 inhabitants....
 and in 1522 the Hanseatic
Hanseatic League

The Hanseatic League was an Military alliance of Trade cities and their guilds that established and maintained trade monopoly along the coast of Northern Europe, from the Baltic Sea to the North Sea and inland, during the Late Middle Ages and Early modern period ....
 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
Österland

?sterland or ?sterlanden was formerly a term used for the southern part of Finland. It fell gradually off use already in the 15th century....
 was also liberated. By the Treaty of Malmö
Treaty of Malmö

The Treaty of Malm? , signed September 1, 1524, ended the Swedish War of Liberation. Denmark-Norway acknowledged the independent status of Sweden, which in turn renounced claims to Scania and Blekinge....
 signed on September 1, 1524 Sweden seceded
Secession

Secession is the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or especially a political entity. It is not to be confused with succession, the act of following in order or sequence....
 from the Kalmar Union.

Battles

  • Battle of Brunbäcks färja (April, 1521)
  • Battle of Västerås
    Battle of Västerås

    The Battle of V?ster?s was a battle in the Swedish War of Liberation that took place in V?ster?s, Sweden on April 29, 1521.References...
     (April 29, 1521)
  • Conquest of Kalmar (May 27, 1523)
  • Conquest of Stockholm (June 16-17, 1523)