Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Klas Horn

Battles of Klas Horn

Swedish military personnel, 1517 to 1566

Klas Horn is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1563 and 1566: 1 battle and 3 naval actions across 3 present-day countries, most in Sweden (2), Germany (1), Denmark (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 799 km apart end to end, 266 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Northern Seven Years' War (4).

Capture of ÄlvsborgAction of 4 June 1565Action of 7 July 1565Action of 26 July 1566Capture of ÄlvsborgAction of 4 June 1565Action of 7 July 1565Action of 26 July 1566KøbenhavnGdańskÅrhusJönköpingGdyniaKielRostockOdenseAalborgHelsingborg200 km55.993N, 14.183E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1563: 1 engagements1565: 2 engagements2 in 15651566: 1 engagements15631566
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Capture of Älvsborg, 1563Action of 4 June 1565, 1565Action of 7 July 1565, 1565Action of 26 July 1566, 156615631566
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1563Capture of ÄlvsborgSwedenSee Peace negotiations and consequences; Treaty of Stettin...
4 June 1565Action of 4 June 1565Bay of Mecklenburg, Germany377 km SSwedish victory
7 July 1565Action of 7 July 1565Baltic Sea, Denmark219 km NESwedish victory
26 July 1566Action of 26 July 1566Sweden203 km NEInconclusive

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.