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Kalmar War 1611-1613 : Gustavus Adolphus's First War by Michael Fredholm von Essen (2023, Trade Paperback)

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Kalmar War, 1 : Gustavus Adolphus's First War, Paperback by Von Essen, Michael Fredholm, ISBN 1804510068, ISBN-13 9781804510063, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The Kalmar War of 1 was the last war in which Denmark-Norway prevailed against Sweden, then under young Gustavus Adolphus who inherited the war from his father. Gustavus Adolphus’s defeat against Denmark was the catalyst which set him on the path to remake Sweden into a regional great power.

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PublisherHelion & Company, The Limited

ISBN-101804510068

ISBN-139781804510063

eBay Product ID (ePID)21057293306

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Book TitleKalmar War 1611-1613 : Gustavus Adolphus's First War

LanguageEnglish

TopicEurope / Scandinavia, Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), Modern / 17th Century

Publication Year2023

GenreHistory

AuthorMichael Fredholm Von Essen

Book SeriesFrom Retinue to Regiment Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Length9.8 in

Item Width7 in

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Series Volume Number19

SynopsisThe Kalmar War of 1611-1613 was the last war in which Denmark-Norway prevailed against Sweden, then under young Gustavus Adolphus who inherited the war from his father. Gustavus Adolphus's defeat against Denmark was the catalyst which set him on the path to remake Sweden into a regional great power., This is new research on a war with seldom published English accounts, detailing the military systems of Sweden and Denmark-Norway. The book describes and analyses the Kalmar War of 1611-1613 between Sweden and Denmark-Norway. Since Denmark controlled the Straits between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, Sweden sought an alternative trade route through the sparsely populated Arctic Lapland - an option enabled by the 1595 Treaty of Teusina (Tyavzino) with Muscovy. In 1607, King Charles IX of Sweden declared himself King of the Lapps and sent men to collect taxes in what by tradition was regarded as Norwegian territory. In response, King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway in 1611 declared war upon Sweden and invaded Swedish territory from the south. Operations also took place along the Swedish-Norwegian border and elsewhere in the Baltic region, on land and on sea. In addition, Sweden employed Scottish privateers and enlisted a Scottish corps which landed in Norway. Nonetheless, Denmark ultimately won the war. However, the Danish thrust against the Swedish heartland failed, and the Kalmar War was the last time when Denmark successfully defended its control of the Baltic Sea against Sweden. The principal commander on the Swedish side was the young Gustavus Adolphus, who later rose to prominence in the Thirty Years' War. The losses in the Kalmar War proved to Gustavus Adolphus that the Swedish army was becoming obsolete and needed thorough modernization. As a result, the defeat in the Kalmar War was the catalyst that prompted Gustavus Adolphus to reform the Swedish army, which in turn set Sweden on the path to become a regional great power in the subsequent Thirty Years' War. Michael Fredholm von Essen presents new research on a war previously seldom described in English. Moreover, the book details the military systems of Sweden and Denmark-Norway in the early seventeenth century and explains the development of the Swedish Army and the military thought of Gustavus Adolphus before he used his reformed army with great success in the Thirty Years' War.