Draft:Assault on Karlsborg


Assault on Karlsborg
Part of the Dano–Swedish War (1449–1457)

Karlsborg's fortress church
Date1456
Location
Result Swedish victory
Territorial
changes
Norwegians repulsed from Karlsborg
Belligerents
History of Sweden (800–1521) Sweden Kingdom of Norway (872–1397) Norway
Commanders and leaders
History of Sweden (800–1521) Tord Karlsson Bonde Kingdom of Norway (872–1397) Kolbjörn Gäst  (POW)
Units involved
Unknown Unknown
Strength
300 cavalrymen
100 "Small Swedes"
3,000 men (likely exaggerated)
Casualties and losses
Unknown Many captured

The Assault on Karlsborg (Swedish: Anfallet mot Karlsborg; Norwegian: Angrepet på Karlsborg) was a failed Norwegian attack on the Swedish fortress of Karlsborg in 1456.


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