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Northern Seven Years' War

Northern Seven Years' War
Fredrik II conqueres Älvsborg 1563.jpg
Frederick II of Denmark attacking Älvsborg, 1563.
Date 1563–70
Location Scandinavia
Result Treaty of Stettin (1570), Status quo ante bellum
Belligerents

Denmark Denmark–Norway
Free City of Lübeck

Poland
Sweden Sweden
Commanders and leaders
Denmark Frederick II
Denmark Daniel Rantzau
Denmark Herluf Trolle
Denmark Otto Rud
Friedrich Knebel
Sigismund II August
Sweden Eric XIV
Sweden John III
Sweden Jakob Bagge
Sweden Klas Horn
Sweden Claude Collart ()

Denmark Denmark–Norway
Free City of Lübeck

The Northern Seven Years' War (also known as the Nordic Seven Years' War, the First Northern War or the Seven Years War in Scandinavia) was the war between the Kingdom of Sweden and a coalition of Denmark–Norway, Lübeck and Poland, fought between 1563 and 1570. The war was motivated by the dissatisfaction of King Frederick II of Denmark with the dissolution of the Kalmar Union, and the will of King Eric XIV of Sweden to break Denmark's dominating position. The fighting continued until both armies had been exhausted, and many men died. The resulting Treaty of Stettin was a stalemate, with neither party gaining any new territory.

The Danish-ruled Nordic Kalmar Union lasted on and off from 1397 to 1523, until it finally collapsed following the continued Swedish resentment of Danish domination.


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