Battle of Landskrona

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Landskrona was a major engagement of the Scanian War in 1677, in which Swedish forces under King Charles XI defeated a larger Danish army near Landskrona in southern Sweden.

Aliases (1)

Slaget vid Landskrona ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle → military engagement →
alsoKnownAs	Slaget vid Landskrona →
associatedWith	Dano-Swedish rivalry → Swedish-Danish wars →
belligerent	Denmark–Norway → Norway (in union with Denmark) → Sweden →
campaign	Scanian campaign of 1677 →
combatant1	Swedish Empire →
combatant2	Denmark–Norway →
commander	Charles XI of Sweden → Christian V of Denmark →
conflict	Scanian War →
conflictType	pitched battle →
country	Sweden →
countryAtTimeLocation	Swedish Empire →
date	1677-07-14 →
era	17th century →
followedBy	later operations in the Scanian War →
front	Scanian front →
geographicContext	southern Sweden →
hasKingAsCommander	true →
historicalPeriod	Early Modern period →
involvedBranch	artillery → cavalry → infantry →
kingOfSwedenPresent	Charles XI of Sweden →
location	Landskrona → near Landskrona →
monarchCommanderDenmark	Christian V of Denmark →
monarchCommanderSweden	Charles XI of Sweden →
near	Öresund →
opposingCommander	Charles XI of Sweden → Christian V of Denmark →
outcome	Swedish forces defeated a larger Danish army →
partOf	Dano-Swedish conflicts → Scanian War →
precededBy	Battle of Lund →
primaryOpponents	Swedish Empire and Denmark–Norway →
region	Scania →
result	Swedish victory →
significance	one of the major engagements of the Scanian War →
strengthDenmark	larger Danish army →
strengthSweden	approximately 10,000–12,000 soldiers →
theatre	Northern Europe →
tookPlaceOn	14 July 1677 →
warTheatre	Baltic region →
year	1677 →

Referenced by (3)

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