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2 unusual facts about Nils Dacke


Nils Dacke

Statues in memory of him have been erected including one in Virserum, where the final battle allegedly took place during 1543.

During the ceasefire, Dacke was the de facto ruler of most of southern Sweden and received offers of foreign support from the Elector Palatine Frederick II (who was the son in law of Christian II and claimed the Swedish throne) and Duke Albrecht of Mecklenburg.



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