| Massacre at Helgeandsholmen | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Uprising against Christian I | |
 Detail from Vädersolstavlan showing Helgeandsholmen in 1535 | |
| Native name | Massakern på Helgeandsholmen |
| Location | Helgeandsholmen, Sweden |
| Date | 1463 |
| Target | Peasants from Uppland |
Attack type | Massacre |
| Deaths | 60–1,000 killed |
| Perpetrator | Denmark |
| Motive | Revenge for an uprising |
The Massacre at Helgeandsholmen, also called the Battle of Helgeandsholmen (Swedish: Slaget på Helgeansholmen)[1] was a massacre by Danish troops under Ture Turesson Bielke against peasants from Uppland who had marched to Stockholm to protest the new tax and the imprisonment of Archbishop Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna. The massacre has been noted to be one of the lesser known massacres in Swedish history by Dick Harrison.[2]
