Forces from this country won the 1471 Battle of Brunkerburg under Sture the Elder, and an early center in what is now this country was Visby.
Forces from this country won the 1471 Battle of Brunkerburg under Sture the Elder, and an early center in what is now this country was Visby. Archbishop Trolle instigated a 1520 massacre in this nation's capital, known as that city's "bloodbath," that prompted the installment of this nation's Vasa dynasty. This nation's king Charles XII was defeated in the Great Northern War, ending its time as a major Protestant power in Northern Europe. For 10 points, name this Scandinavian country with capital at Stockholm.
Forces from this country won the 1471 Battle of Brunkerburg under Sture the Elder, and an early center in what is now this country was Visby.
{Sweden} [or {Sverige}]