Battle of Rotebro

Part of the Dano-Swedish Wars

Date	28 September 1497
Location	Rotebro, Sweden
Result	Danish victory

Belligerents

Denmark

Sweden

Commanders and leaders

John of Denmark

Sten Sture the Elder

Dano–Swedish wars

1470–71 1497 Swedish Liberation Northern Seven Years' Kalmar Torstenson 2nd Northern Scanian Great Northern Theatre Napoleonic

The Battle of Rotebro was fought on 28 September 1497 between the armies of John, King of Denmark and Sten Sture the Elder, the deposed regent of Sweden. Sten Sture had fallen out of favor with the nobility and was deposed on March 1497 of his post as Regent of Sweden. The Danes invaded Sweden in July of that year, and defeated Sten's peasant army on 28 September at the village of Rotebro north of Stockholm.

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