| Capture of Älvsborg | |||||||
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| Part of Northern Seven Years' War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Sweden |
 Denmark | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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Unknown |
25,000 | ||||||
Background[]
On 13 August 1563, war was declared by emissaries from Denmark and Lübeck in Stockholm.
The Capture[]
That month, Danish king Fredrik II attacked Älvsborg. At the beginning of the war the Danes advanced from Halland with a 25,000-strong army of professional mercenaries and captured Sweden's gateway to the west, Älvsborg Fortress, after only three days of bombardment and a six-hour assault, on 4 September.
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