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059 A Brewing Storm
Episode 59

059 A Brewing Storm

The Scandinavian History Podcast

March 3, 202336m 5s

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Show Notes

At midsummer in 1434, open rebellion broke out against King Erik of Pomerania in the Bergslagen region of Sweden. Under the leadership of Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, angry Swedish peasants burned castles all over the place, and by November the king had basically lost control of the country. But Erik wasn’t ready to throw in the towel quite yet.