Battle of Rotebro

Battle of Rotebro Part of the Dano-Swedish Wars Date 28 September 1497 Location Rotebro, Sweden Result Danish victory Belligerents Denmark Sweden Commanders and leaders John of Denmark Sten Sture the Elder

Dano-Swedish wars 1470–71 1497 Swedish Liberation Northern Seven Years' Kalmar Torstenson 2nd Northern Scanian Great Northern Theatre Napoleonic

The Battle of Rotebro was fought on 28 September 1497 between the armies of John, King of Denmark and Sten Sture the Elder, the deposed regent of Sweden. Sten Sture had fallen out of favor with the nobility and was deposed on March 1497 of his post as Regent of Sweden. The Danes invaded Sweden in July of that year, and defeated Sten's peasant army on 28 September at the village of Rotebro north of Stockholm.