Peder Skram

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"Denmark's daredevil" Peder Skram (1571)

Peder Skram (* between 1491 and 1503 in Urup near Horsens ; † July 11, 1581 there ) was a Danish admiral and naval hero of the 16th century.

Live and act

Peder Skram was born on his family's estate in Jutland . He was first used as a soldier in 1518 in the service of King Christian II of Denmark in the war against the Swedes and took part in the Battle of Uppsala in 1520 , where he was already awarded an estate in Norway for his services on the Danish side .

During the count's feud , as admiral of the Danish fleet , he gained the reputation of a national hero. He came on behalf of Denmark the Swedes under Gustav I. Wasa , who is with King Christian III. of Denmark had allied against the fleet of the Wendish cities of the Hanseatic League under the leadership of Lübeck to aid. The Lübeckers had turned against Wasa as allies of King Christian II, because he had disappointed the Lübeckers as his original allies in their expectation of Swedish trade privileges. Peder Skram defeated first on June 9, 1535 with a fleet consisting of 33 ships, a small Hanseatic naval association on the island of Bornholm and then the majority of the Lübeck fleet at the Battle of Svendborg in Svendborg Sound off Funen. This naval battle was the actual decisive battle of the even longer lasting count feud with which Christian III. won the victory over the Hanseatic League under Lübeck's leadership.

From 1556 to 1559, Peder Skram was Chief Inspector of the Danish fleet and the war yards as Holmadmiral . In the Three Crowns War , Peder Skram was reactivated by King Frederick II of Denmark as admiral and commander in chief of the fleet. In 1562 he met the superior fleet of the Swedes under their admiral Jakob Bagge near Gotland . At the end of the year, however, Skram was replaced by Admiral Herluf Trolle .

reception

The Danish Navy has so far named two ships after Peder Skram:

literature

  • A. Graßmann (Ed.): Lübeckische Geschichte , 1989, ISBN 3-7950-3203-2
  • Hermann Kirchhoff: Sea power in the Baltic Sea II. Volume: Your influence on the history of the Baltic countries in the 19th century. In addition to an appendix on the prehistory of the Baltic Sea. Kiel 1908, pp. 286–289 digitized
personal data
SURNAME Skram, Peder
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish admiral and naval hero
DATE OF BIRTH between 1491 and 1503
PLACE OF BIRTH Urup at Horsens
DATE OF DEATH July 11, 1581
Place of death Urup at Horsens