The Stockholm Bloodbath How a Massacre Forged Modern Sweden
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In November 1520, Danish King Christian II invited Sweden's elite to a coronation feast in Stockholm — only to turn the celebration into a mass execution. Over three days, some 80 nobles, bishops, and burghers were beheaded in the city's main square, including the father of a young nobleman named Gustav Vasa. This episode unpacks the political chaos behind the Stockholm Bloodbath: the long-running Kalmar Union tensions, the war between Christian II and the Swedish regent Sten Sture the Younger, and the aftermath that sparked Sweden's war of liberation. We follow Gustav Vasa's escape from Danish clutches, his rallying of the Dalarna peasants, and his eventual election as king in 1523, ending the Kalmar Union for good. Along the way, we examine the disputed numbers of the dead, the role of Archbishop Gustav Trolle, and why the bloodbath remains Sweden's most infamous betrayal. Listeners will come away understanding how one act of calculated cruelty broke a union and gave birth to a nation.
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