Battle of Halmstad

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Halmstad was a 1676 engagement in the Scanian War where the young Swedish king Charles XI won a decisive victory over Danish forces in southern Sweden.

Aliases (2)

Slaget vid Fyllebro ×1
Slaget vid Halmstad ×1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle → military engagement →
alsoKnownAs	Slaget vid Fyllebro → Slaget vid Halmstad →
belligerent	Denmark–Norway → Sweden →
combatant	Danish Army → Swedish Army →
commander	Charles XI of Sweden → Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve →
conflict	Scanian War →
country	Sweden →
date	1676 →
decisiveFor	Sweden →
era	17th century →
historicalPeriod	Scanian War (1675–1679) →
involved	young Swedish king Charles XI →
location	Halland → Halmstad → southern Sweden →
notableFor	early battlefield command of Charles XI →
opponent	Denmark–Norway → Sweden →
partOf	Dano-Swedish conflicts → Scanian War →
region	Scandinavia →
result	Swedish victory →
significance	secured Swedish control in Halland during the Scanian War →
typeOfEngagement	land battle →
year	1676 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Halmstad ("Slaget vid Halmstad") → Battle of Halmstad ("Slaget vid Fyllebro") →	alsoKnownAs
Charles XI of Sweden →	battle
Scanian War →	significantBattle