Nordic Empires

Background
From 1520 to 1523, King Gustav I of Sweden led rebel forces within Sweden to unite against the Danish Crown and take back Sweden as independent, during the Swedish War of Liberation. He successfully took back the much of the land, and was elected King in June 1523.

The important city of Stockholm, traditionally the capital of Sweden, was still in Danish hands. Following his election and coronation, he swiftly moved to take it back. Through making of arrangements with foreign traders in the city, the citizens moved to let King Gustav's forces in. Later that month, Stockholm become once more the capital city of Sweden.

The Deceit of Malmö
Over the next year, King Gustav secretly liased with rebel forces in Norway, as many Norwegians resented the dominance of Denmark and the Danish language over what they still saw as their country. Despite being called Denmark-Norway, the so-called Union had a Danish King, was governed from Copenhagen and its only official language was Danish. Thousands of Norwegian men had been raised by the Swedish King for this cause, and he moved several thousand Swedish men to near the Norwegian border in preparation for 24 August 1524.