battle, early modern

Conquest of Kalmar

Name: Conquest of Kalmar
Start: 1523-05-27
Location: Kalmar, Sweden

Conquest of Kalmar was a battle fought on 27 May 1523 at Kalmar, in what is now Sweden. It was part of the Swedish War of Liberation, which ran from 1521 to 1523. The recorded result: Swedish victory.

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Fought27 May 1523

WhereKalmar, Sweden56.661N, 16.363E

OutcomeSwedish victory

Belligerents20px SwedenagainstKalmar UnionDenmark

Part ofSwedish War of Liberation1521 to 1523

Where it sits in the Swedish War of Liberation

7 placed engagements of the Swedish War of Liberation in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	27 May 1523
Place	Kalmar, Sweden 56.661N, 16.363E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Territorial change	Kalmar captured by Swedish forces

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Kalmar 1611, 2.7 km W
Action of 26 July 1566 1566, 20 km NE
Battle of Öland 1676, 30 km SE
Siege of Kristianopel 1677, 49 km SW
Battle of Öland 1563, 51 km E

In the same war

Before: Conquest of Uppsala 19 May 1521
After: Conquest of Stockholm 17 June 1523
All 7 engagements of Swedish War of Liberation

Elsewhere in 1523

Conquest of Kalmar is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 111 in present-day Sweden.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q5162440, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Conquest of Kalmar, revision 1373365933, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.