Battle of Helgeå

When

1026

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

60.00° N, 18.00° E

Description

1026 middle ages battle

Naval

yes

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Naval engagement which took place in 1026

The Battle of Helgeå, or Battle of the Holy River, was a naval engagement that took place in 1026 between joint Danish and English forces and a combined Norwegian and Swedish force, at the estuary of a river called Helge in Denmark or Sweden.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Helgeå (off the coast of Sweden): Naval forces of King Cnut's North Sea Empire defeat the combined Swedish and Norwegian royal fleets”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille navale entre Knut le Grand, d'une part, et Anund Jacob de Suède et Olaf II de Norvège, d'autre part, à l'embouchure de l'Helge, en Scanie orientale”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Морская битва на реке Хельге между союзными датскими и английскими силами с одной стороны и объединёнными норвежско-шведскими силами с другой стороны”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page