Draft:War in Gotland (1524)

War in Gotland
	Part of the Swedish War of Liberation
	; Søren Norby
Date	20 May – Early October 1524
Location	Gotland
Result	See result
Territorial; changes	Majority of Gotland temporarily occupied by the Swedes; Gotland falls into Danish control in 1525;
Belligerents
Sweden ; Lübeck ; Supported by Hanseatic League	Søren Norby's forces
Commanders and leaders
Berend von Melen ; Ivar Fleming (POW)	Søren Norby
Units involved
Two squadrons	Visborg garrison ; Sassen ; Kravelen
Strength
2-8,000 men ; 2 squadrons ; 3 Fire ships ; 6 guns First squadron ; Unknown amount of ships ; Second squadron ; 11 ships	Unknown amount of men ; ~10 ships ; Several guns
Casualties and losses
6 ships captured ; Several ships damaged by fire	Negligible

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Instructions · What links here · War in Gotland (1524) (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Bing, Wikipedia) · Submitted 29 days ago by Gvssy (talk: D · +) · Last edited 0 seconds ago

The War in Gotland (1524) also called the Gotland expedition (Swedish: Gotlandsexpeditionen) was a Swedish invasion of Gotland led by Berend von Melen against Gotland which was controlled by Søren Norby during the Swedish War of Liberation. The Swedes left the island in early October after peace was signed with Denmark at the Malmö Recess^[2]

^ "Visby ringmur".
^ Sveriges historia från äldsta tid till våra dagar: delen. Sveriges nydaningstid, från år 1521 till år 1611. Af Oskar Alin. 1878 (in Swedish). H. Linnströms förlag. 1878.

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[1] "Visby ringmur".

[4] Sveriges historia från äldsta tid till våra dagar: delen. Sveriges nydaningstid, från år 1521 till år 1611. Af Oskar Alin. 1878 (in Swedish). H. Linnströms förlag. 1878.

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