What the records say
- When
- 12 Feb 1521
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 6
- Coordinates
- 57.32° N, 14.34° E
- Description
- Atrocity during the sixteenth century Swedish War of Secession
Nydala Abbey Bloodbath
Nydala Abbey Bloodbath in Nydala Abbey, Sweden, on 2 February 1521 was the execution of the abbot and several monks at Nydala Abbey performed by the Danish army on the orders of Christian II of Denmark during their way back to Denmark from the Stockholm Bloodbath, during the Swedish War of Liberation.
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