War in Gotland (1524)
| War in Gotland | |||||||||
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| Part of the Swedish War of Liberation | |||||||||
Søren Norby | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Sweden Lübeck Supported by Hanseatic League | Søren Norby's forces | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Berend von Melen Ivar Fleming (POW) | Søren Norby | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| Two squadrons |
Visborg garrison Sassen Kravelen | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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2,000–8,000 men 2 squadrons 3 Fire ships 6 guns First squadron Unknown amount of ships Second squadron 11 ships |
Unknown amount of men ~10 ships Several guns | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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6 ships captured Several ships damaged by fire | Negligible | ||||||||
The War in Gotland (1524) also called the Gotland expedition (Swedish: Gotlandsexpeditionen) was a Swedish invasion of Gotland led by Berend von Melen against Gotland which was controlled by Søren Norby during the Swedish War of Liberation. The Swedes left the island in early October after peace was signed with Denmark at the Malmö Recess