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Nordic Seven Years’ War

European history

Also known as: Seven Years’ War of the North

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Erik XIV

In Erik XIV
…war in 1563, initiating the Seven Years’ War of the North. The Swedish king led his forces with moderate effectiveness and was able to gain a stalemate with Denmark in the first years of the war. His fear of treason caused his judgment to break down in 1567, and he…
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Sweden

In Sweden: The early Vasa kings (1523–1611)
…in the Baltic resulted in war with Denmark, Lübeck, and Poland in 1563. After seven bloody years, during which the southern parts of Sweden were ravaged, a peace was signed at Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland) in 1570, without change to any of the borders. Sweden was forced, however, to pay…
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