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Swedish History Through Punk

Engelbrekt & the Optimised Mast

10 min10 juli 2026

Brenda's out shopping in Kiruna, so the lads are unsupervised — which is exactly when Konstapel Johansson drives up from Luleå to find out what's wrong with the radio mast and who cut the fence. Deeply uncomfortable in English, he stands no chance against Gaz and Degsy, who blag that they're "ditresta experts" optimising the mast for the Norrland climate.


Tonight's history (all true):

  • Engelbrekt, 1434 — a miner from Bergslagen raises the commoners against King Erik's foreign bailiffs, burns the royal castles, and is made captain of the realm at Arboga (traditionally called Sweden's first Riksdag).
  • - Then the betrayal: the nobles can't stand a working man in charge, and in 1436 Engelbrekt is axed to death on a little island in Lake Hjälmaren by the lord Måns Bengtsson.

...with two original punk tracks: "Engelbrekt" and "Axe on the Island".


Contains strong language. An AI-generated production: voices and music made with AI, history fact-checked by hand.


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