battle, early modern

Battle of Stegeborg

Name: Battle of Stegeborg
Start: 1598-09-08
Location: Stegeborg Castle, Sweden

Battle of Stegeborg was a battle fought on 8 September 1598 at Stegeborg Castle, in what is now Sweden. It was part of the War against Sigismund, which ran from 1598 to 1599. The recorded result: Union victory. Recorded strength: 4,000–6,000 men against 7,100–10,000 men.

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Fought8 September 1598

WhereStegeborg Castle, Sweden58.434N, 16.598E

OutcomeUnion victory

Belligerents18px Polish–Swedish unionagainst22px Swedish separatists

Casualties and losses30–40 killedand300 killed

Part ofWar against Sigismund1598 to 1599

Where it sits in the War against Sigismund

3 placed engagements of the War against Sigismund in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	8 September 1598
Place	Stegeborg Castle, Sweden 58.434N, 16.598E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	4,000–6,000 men	7,100–10,000 men
Casualties and losses	30–40 killed	300 killed
Commanders	Sigismund III Vasa	Charles IX of Sweden

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 Stångebro 1598, 56 km W
Battle of Brännkyrka 1518, 127 km NE
Battle of Herrevadsbro 1251, 127 km N
Action of 30 May 1564 1564, 128 km S
Siege of Tre Kronor 1501, 130 km NE

In the same war

After: Battle of Stångebro 25 September 1598
All 3 engagements of War against Sigismund

Elsewhere in 1598

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Battle of Stegeborg 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 Q546505, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Stegeborg, revision 1370589926, 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.