The Swedish king Albert of Mecklenburg had…

The Swedish king Albert of Mecklenburg had been the next in line of succession to the throne of Norway at the death, without issue, of Olaf, King of Norway and Denmark, in 1387, but the Norwegian nobility resents him.

Denmark was an elected kingdom, with no clear candidates to the throne.

Olaf's mother, Queen Margaret of Norway, had had herself elected regent of both Denmark and Norway.

It had been decided in Norway that the inheritance to the throne was to be reckoned from her.

Young Bogislaw, son to her sister, the only surviving granddaughter of Valdemar IV of Denmark and also a descendant of Magnus I of Sweden and Haakon V of Norway, had in 1389 come to Denmark to be brought up by Margaret, who changed his name to the more Nordic-sounding Erik, or Eric.

Eric of Pomerania, as he had come to be called, had been hailed on September 8 of that year as King of Norway at the thing of Eyrathing in Trondheim.

He may have been crowned King of Norway in Oslo in 1392, but this is disputed.

He is in 1396 hailed as king in Denmark and then in Sweden.