Capture of Älvsborg

Capture of Älvsborg
	Part of Northern Seven Years' War
Date	1563
Location	Älvsborg
Result	Danish–Lübeck victory
Belligerents
Sweden	Denmark
Strength
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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