Events from the year 1521 in

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Events

* January - The men in Mora, who denied the plea of Gustav Vasa to rebel against the Danes, change their mind and send their best skiers after the fleeing Vasa to tell him this, which inspires the ''

Vasaloppet (Swedish language, Swedish for 'the Vasa race') is an annual long distance cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country ski race held on the first Sunday of March. The course starts in the village of :sv:Berga, Malung-Sälens kommun, Berga, jus ...

''. The Dalecarlians then elect Vasa as their leader, which is the beginning of the

Swedish War of Liberation Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

. * February 2 – The

Nydala Abbey Bloodbath Nydala Abbey Bloodbath ( Swedish: ''Blodbadet i Nydala kloster'') in Nydala Abbey, Sweden, on 2 February 1521 was the execution of the abbot and several monks at Nydala Abbey performed by the Danish army on the orders of Christian II of Denmark ...

take place in

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. * March - The rebel army takes control of

Falun Falun () is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 37,291 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Dalarna County. Falun forms, together with Borlänge, a metropolitan area with just over 100,000 inhabit ...

after the Battle of Falun. * March -

Gustav Trolle Gustav Eriksson Trolle (September 1488 – 1535) was the archbishop of Uppsala in Sweden, in two sessions, during the turbulent Reformation events. He was the son of Eric Arvidsson Trolle, a former regent of Sweden during the era of the Kalmar ...

is given the task to subdue the rebellion, but fail in

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and retreat. * April - Siege of

Örebro Castle Örebro Castle () is a medieval castle fortification at Svartån in Örebro County, Sweden. It was expanded during the reign of the royal family Vasa (House of Vasa) and finally rebuilt about 1900. Some of the rooms are used as classrooms for pupi ...

by the rebels. * April - Rebel victory at

Battle of Brunnbäck Ferry The Battle of Brunnbäck Ferry () was the first major battle in the Swedish War of Liberation, between rebels rallied by Gustav Vasa that had marched down from occupied Falun and Danish troops from Västerås. The battle took place by the village ...

. * April - Rebel victory at

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, which makes the nobility to choose the side of Vasa against the Danes. * May - Rebel victory in the Conquest of Uppsala. * June - Siege of the capital of Stockholm by the rebels. * August - Gustav Vasa is elected King of Sweden at Vadstena. * December -

Nyköping Castle Nyköping Castle ( or ) is a medieval castle, located in Nyköping, from the Birger Jarl era, partly in ruins, mostly known for the Nyköping Banquet which took place here in 1317. Information plaque, Nyköpingshus Construction Construction o ...

and

Stegeborg Castle Stegeborg Castle is a ruined castle in St Anna parish, Söderköping, Östergötland, located on an island in a narrow Sound (geography), sound at the bay of Slätbaken, Sweden. Brief history The oldest part of the castle is a square brick tow ...

fall to the rebels.

Births

Deaths

* - Jakob Ulvsson, archbishop (born 1430s)

References

Years of the 16th century in Sweden

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