The Kalmar War (1611–1613) was a war between Denmark–Norway and Sweden. Though Denmark-Norway soon gained the upper hand, it was unable to defeat Sweden...
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Kalmar (/ˈkælmɑːr/, US also /ˈkɑːlmɑːr/, Swedish: [ˈkǎlmar] ) is a city in the southeast of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 41.388 inhabitants...
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The Dano-Hanseatic War, also known as the Kalmar War with the Hanseatic League, or the Danish-Hanseatic War of 1426-1435, was an armed trade conflict between...
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Denmark–Norway (section Kalmar War)
treasury.[citation needed] Not long after the Kalmar war, Denmark–Norway became involved in another greater war, in which they fought together with the mainly...
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Military history of Denmark (redirect from List of Danish wars)
the Northern Seven Years' War (1563–70) and the Kalmar War (1611–13). Denmark was heavily involved in the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) on the side of...
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Kalmar Castle (Swedish: Kalmar slott) is a castle in the city Kalmar in the province of Småland in Sweden. During the twelfth century a round defensive...
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Kalmar Nyckel (Swedish for 'Key of Kalmar') was a Swedish ship built by the Dutch famed for carrying Swedish settlers to North America in 1638, to establish...
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Military history of Sweden (section The Kalmar War)
which laid an important foundation to Sweden's Age of Greatness. The Kalmar War was a war between Sweden and Denmark 1611 to 1613. Sweden sought an alternative...
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The Kalmar Union was a personal union in Scandinavia, agreed at Kalmar in Sweden as designed by widowed Queen Margaret of Norway and Sweden. From 1397...
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The siege of Kalmar occurred in 1611 during the Kalmar War and constituted the major part of an intensive conflict between Denmark–Norway and Sweden for...
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Dano-Swedish War may refer to one of multiple wars which took place between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Kingdom of Denmark (from 1450 in personal union...
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History of Scandinavia (section Kalmar Union)
as the Kalmar War. Sweden began consolidating its empire. Several other wars followed soon after including the Northern Wars and the Scanian War. Denmark...
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Christian IV of Denmark (category People of the Kalmar War)
Rigsrådet, Christian initiated a war with Sweden for the supremacy of the Baltic Sea. It was later known as the Kalmar War because its chief operation was...
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insurgent nobleman Gustav Vasa in the Swedish War of Liberation against the Danish-dominated Union of Kalmar, thus making the present-day Life Guards one...
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Gustavus Adolphus (category People of the Kalmar War)
King Sigismund III, his nephew, as King of Sweden. The war against Denmark–Norway (Kalmar War), during which Gustavus fought in minor military actions...
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almost continual war and preparation for war, including the Kalmar War (1611–1613), the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), the Northern War (1655–1658), the...
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George, Duke of Brunswick (category People of the Kalmar War)
George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (17 February 1582, in Celle – 12 April 1641, in Hildesheim), ruled as Prince of Calenberg from 1635. He was a member...
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to restore the Kalmar Union. Unfavourable conditions for Sweden led to a series of conflicts that only ended with the Great Northern War in 1720. Sweden...
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Charles IX of Sweden (category People of the Kalmar War)
under a decade after his death, these would re-ignite in the Thirty Years' War of 1618–1648. These conflicts had already caused the dynastic squabble rooted...
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1523 by the acclamation of Gustav Vasa as king which finally ended the Kalmar Union with Denmark, although the current Swedish constitution dates to 1974...
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Battle of Vittsjö (category Kalmar War)
retaliation for the Danish ravaging of Småland and Västergötland during the Kalmar War. He and his army, which consisted of about 3,000 men, led by Nils Stiernsköld [sv]...
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Kalmar Cathedral (Swedish: Kalmar domkyrka) is in the city of Kalmar in Småland in southeast Sweden. Located in Stortorget Square, construction began in...
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Jenő Kalmár (21 March 1908 – 13 January 1990), also referred to as János Kalmar or Kálmár Jenő, was a former Hungarian footballer and coach. As a player...
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Prillar-Guri (category Kalmar War)
in August 1612. Sweden and Denmark-Norway were actively engaged in the Kalmar War. Nearly three hundred conscripts from the Gudbrand Valley had been massacred...
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between 1563 and 1570. The war was motivated by the dissatisfaction of King Frederick II of Denmark with the dissolution of the Kalmar Union, and the will of...
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Battle of Kringen (category Kalmar War)
soldiers who were on their way to enlist in the Swedish army for the Kalmar War. The battle has since become a part of folklore in Norway, giving names...
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civil war against King Christian II. The war resulted in the deposition of King Christian II from the throne of Sweden, effectively ending the Kalmar Union...
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Carlos Kalmar (born February 26, 1958, in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan conductor. Kalmar began violin studies at age six. At age fifteen, he enrolled at...
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Treaty of Knäred (category Kalmar War)
Swedish: Freden i Knäred) was signed on 21 January 1613 and ended the Kalmar War (1611–1613) between Denmark-Norway and Sweden. The peace negotiations...
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Storming of Kristianopel (category Kalmar War)
The Storming of Kristianopel occurred on 26 June 1611, during the Kalmar War. Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden led an assault from the camp in Högsby in Småland...
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