Stockholm Bloodbath

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Also Known As	Stockholms Blodbad
Date	November 8, 1520 - November 9, 1520
Location	Stockholm • Sweden
Participants	Denmark

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Key People

Christian II

Christian II

Scandinavian king

Gustav Trolle

Swedish archbishop