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2 unusual facts about Jens Munk


Jens Munk

In the Swedish - Danish war (1611–13), the so-called Kalmar war, Jens Munk together with the nobleman Jørgen Daa led a successful attack on the Swedish fortress Älvsborg in 1612, near today's Gothenburg.

The father had an infamous reputation for his brutal rule over his estates which led to several trials, and in 1585 he was deposed and imprisoned at Dragsholm Castle.



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