Stockholm Bloodbath: Danish King Executes Dozens of Swedish Nobles
Ninety-two people executed in three days. Christian II had promised amnesty — then broke it spectacularly, massacring Swedish nobles, clergy, and burghers across Stockholm's cobblestones in November 1520. He thought crushing the opposition would secure his Swedish crown forever. But one nobleman's son escaped the slaughter. Gustav Vasa rallied Sweden, drove the Danes out, and founded a dynasty that lasted centuries. Christian's calculated brutality didn't end Swedish resistance. It created it. The Stockholm Bloodbath didn't destroy Sweden's future king — it made him.
November 10, 1520
506 years ago
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