Engelbrekt uprising

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Bågspännaren , memorial to the uprising in Stockholm

The Engelbrekt uprising ( Swedish : Engelbrektsupproret ) was a Swedish uprising against the Danish Union King Erich von Pomerania led by Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson in the years 1434 to 1436.

causes

The uprising can be traced back to an interplay of various causes. Several social classes were dissatisfied with the Danish King Erich von Pomerania. So the farmers were upset because of the high taxes that were charged to finance the previous war against the Hanseatic League . The discontent of the nobility was due to the increasing loss of power of the aristocratic class under King Erich. The church was also upset about the influence of the royal family and there was a major conflict over the occupation of the Archbishop of Uppsala .

course

At midsummer in 1434 an uprising began in the area around Dalarna and Bergslagen . The miner Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson was the leader of the riot . After nobles joined him, Engelbrektsson and his army moved south. After only three months, King Erik was forced to sign a ceasefire agreement.

In 1435 a conference was called in Arboga , to which farmers were invited for the first time. The assembly is also known as Sweden's first Reichstag. At the meeting Engelbrektsson was appointed commander of the Swedish armed forces, known as the Hövitsman . In the autumn of 1435, leading nobles made a deal with King Erich, who then returned to Stockholm . Shortly afterwards, however, riots began again, which Engelbrektsson led together with Karl Knutsson , but the uprising front began to split.

In May 1436 Engelbrektsson was murdered on the way from Örebro to Stockholm. The murder was committed by Magnus Bengtsson from the noble family Natt och Dag, presumably for personal reasons and the division of the front, and led to a renewed uprising by the peasants. King Erik was finally deposed in 1439, but Sweden still did not achieve independence. In 1448 Engelbrektssons former comrade Karl Knutsson took over the royal throne.

Later reception

The medieval Engelbrektkrönikan takes up the time of the uprising and was used as a propaganda tool for Swedish independence. The life of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson during the Engelbrekt uprising is treated in the opera Engelbrekt by Natanael Berg , which premiered in Stockholm in 1929.

In 1935 the Swedish Diet celebrated the 500th anniversary of the Arborga Assembly.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b c Lars-Olof Larsson: Engelbrekts bondeuppror. In: Popular Historia. March 13, 2001, Retrieved May 25, 2020 (Swedish).
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  4. ↑ Riksdagsförvaltningen: Riksdagens historia. In: riksdagen.se. Riksdagen , accessed May 25, 2020 (Swedish).
  5. ↑ Den första riksdagen. In: historiska.se. Historiska Museet, accessed May 25, 2020 (Swedish).
  6. ↑ Haakon Holmboe: Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson . In: Store norske leksikon . February 26, 2020 (Norwegian, snl.no [accessed May 25, 2020]).
  7. ↑ Mord som skakat Sverige. In: popularhistoria.se. Popular Historia, February 18, 2011, accessed May 25, 2020 (Swedish).
  8. ↑ Anders Bøgh: Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson. In: lex.dk. May 1, 2009, accessed May 25, 2020 (Danish).
  9. ↑ Engelbrektsupproret. Kalmar Läns Museum, accessed May 25, 2020 (Swedish).
  10. ↑ Engelbrektkrönikan . In: Store norske leksikon . April 28, 2020 (Norwegian, snl.no [accessed May 25, 2020]).
  11. ↑ The svenske riksdag feirer mandag sin 500 aarige pass . In: Østlendingen . No. 119 , May 25, 1935, pp. 7 (Norwegian, nb.no ).