Assault on Karlsborg | |||||||||
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Part of the Dano–Swedish War (1449–1457) | |||||||||
Karlsborg's fortress church | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Sweden | Norway | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Tord Karlsson Bonde | Kolbjörn Gäst (POW) | ||||||||
Units involved | |||||||||
Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
300 cavalrymen 100 "Small Swedes" | 3,000 men (likely exaggerated) | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
Unknown | Many captured |
The Assault on Karlsborg (Swedish: Anfallet mot Karlsborg; Norwegian: Angrepet på Karlsborg) was a failed Norwegian attack on the Swedish fortress of Karlsborg in 1456.