Brunnbäck

Brunnbäck is a small community in Sweden, eight kilometers southeast of Avesta in Dalarna at a crossing of Dalälven.

In 1521, at the Battle of Brunnbäck Ferry, Swedish rebel troops under Peder Svensson and Olof Bonde defeated a Danish host by encirclement, cementing the Swedish Rebellion and allowing Gustav Vasa sufficient time to raise an army to challenge the Danish king.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Carlsson, Sten (1966). Den Svenska Historien volym 3. Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Förlag. p. 21.

Coordinates: 60°7′53″N 16°15′12″E / 60.13139°N 16.25333°E / 60.13139; 16.25333


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