Qualla: Battle of Uppsala https://qualla.com/battle-of-uppsala en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:05 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Uppsala https://qualla.com/battle-of-uppsala Battle of Uppsala: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-uppsala/ Sixty percent of the skulls showed sharp force trauma. Archaeologists examining the mass grave found heads with five separate sword cuts - wounds inflicted on men who likely had no helmets, facing professional soldiers who showed no mercy. The Battle of Uppsala, fought on Good Friday 1520, left casualties in the thousands. It was the bloodiest engagement of the eight-year Dano-Swedish War, and the violence was only beginning. Within months, the Stockholm Bloodbath would claim even more Swedish lives.

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]]> Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/6/s/s/battle-of-uppsala-wp/u6ss-battle-of-uppsala-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Uppsala: A Widow's Defiance https://qualla.com/battle-of-uppsala/ The war had already claimed Sweden's leader. On January 19, 1520, Regent Sten Sture the Younger was wounded fighting Danes on the frozen surface of Lake Åsunden near Bogesund. He tried to retreat to Stockholm but died two weeks later. The Swedish council, seeking peace, reached a...

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]]> Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/6/s/s/battle-of-uppsala-wp/u6ss-battle-of-uppsala-a-widows-defiance.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Uppsala: Mercenaries Against Peasants https://qualla.com/battle-of-uppsala/ The armies that met at Uppsala were mismatched from the start. The Danish force consisted of professional mercenaries from France, Scotland, and Germany - men who had made war their trade, equipped with the finest weapons and armor of the age. Opposing them stood Swedish peasants...

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]]> Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/6/s/s/battle-of-uppsala-wp/u6ss-battle-of-uppsala-bones-in-the-earth.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Uppsala: Prelude to the Bloodbath https://qualla.com/battle-of-uppsala/ The Battle of Uppsala did not end the war. Christina Gyllenstierna continued her resistance through the spring and summer of 1520, but Stockholm eventually fell. Christian II was crowned King of Sweden on November 4, and three days later, the coronation festivities turned to horr...

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