Gustav Eriksson is appointed hövitsman, and the…

July 1521 CE

Gustav Eriksson is appointed hövitsman, and the rebel force he leads had grown by February 1521 to four hundred men, mainly from the area around Lake Siljan.

The first big clash in the Dissolution of Kalmar Union that now begins took place at Brunnbäck's Ferry in April, where a rebel army had defeated an army loyal to the king.

The rebels’ sack of the city of Västerås, an inland port in east central Sweden on the northern shores of Lake Malaren, located about sixty-five miles (one hundred and five kilometers) northwest of Stockholm., and the resultant control of important copper and silver mines, provides Gustav with resources and supporters now flock to him.

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Västerås Vastmanlands Län Sweden View →

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Christian II View → Christina Gyllenstierna View → Gustav I Vasa View → Gustav Trolle View →

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Kalmar Civil War of 1520-33 View →

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