Battle of Brunkeberg

Battle of Brunkeberg
Part of the Dano-Swedish War (1470–1471)

The Entry of Sten Sture the Elder into Stockholm by Georg von Rosen (1864)
Date10 October 1471
Location
Stockholm, Sweden
Result Sture victory
Territorial
changes
Danish invasion of Sweden repelled
Belligerents
Swedish supporters of the Sture party Denmark and Swedish unionist troops
Commanders and leaders
Sten Sture the Elder Christian I (WIA)
Strength

8,700 including peasants and some regulars
1,300 mounted knights

Total:
10,000 men[1]

3,000 Danish regulars
3,000 German mercenaries

Total:
6,000 men
Casualties and losses
Unknown 1,370 killed
630 captured[1]

The Battle of Brunkeberg was fought on 10 October 1471 between the Swedish regent Sten Sture the Elder and forces led by Danish king Christian I.[2] Sture won a decisive victory.[2]

  1. ^ a b Sveriges krig 1448–1630, Svenskt Militärhistoriskt Bibliotek, Stockholm, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Nordquist, Margaretha (1 August 2019). "Celebrating the Memory of Victory: Tracing the Memories of the Battle of Brunkeberg (1471)". Scandinavian Journal of History. 45: 121–142. doi:10.1080/03468755.2019.1637375. ISSN 0346-8755.

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