siege, early modern

Siege of Malmö

Siege of Malmö was a siege conducted on 11 June 1677 at Malmö, in what is now Sweden. It was part of the Scanian War, which ran from 1675 to 1679. The recorded result: Swedish victory. Recorded strength: 1,463 soldiers; 500 civilians against 14,000 soldiers.

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6 June 1677 the Danish army failed to take Malmö.. Johann Philipp Lemke, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date	11 June 1677
Place	Malmö, Sweden 55.594N, 13.018E
Part of	Scanian War (1675 to 1679)
Kind	Siege, early modern
Result	Swedish victory
Belligerents	Swedish Empire	Denmark–Norway; Münster
Commanders	Fabian von Fersen	Christian V; Siegfried von Bibow
Strength	1,463 soldiers; 500 civilians	14,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses	1,000 killed or wounded	3,000 to 4,000 killed or wounded

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

Nearest engagements

Battle of Fotevik 1134, 16 km
Battle of Lund 1676, 17 km
Siege of Lindholmen 1368, 21 km
Battle of Svolder AD 999, 24 km
Battle of the Sound 1658, 24 km

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1677

Battle of Cassel France
Siege of Valenciennes France
Siege of Cambrai France
First Battle of Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
Siege of Stettin Poland

Siege of Malmö is one of 979 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 83 in present-day Sweden.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4582269, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Malmö, revision 1385691338, 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.