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The Battle of Lund was fought on December 4 1676 in an area north of the city of Lund in Sweden, between the invading Danish army and the army of Charles XI of Sweden. It was part of the Scanian War. The Danish army of about 12,300 was under the personal command of 31-year-old King Christian V of Denmark and aided by General Carl von Arensdorff, and the Swedish army, which numbered about 8,000, was commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt.
War he distinguished himself at the Battle of Lund in 1676 and the Battle of Landskrona in 1677. A... Councilor in 1681. In the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) he commanded troops at the Battle of Nördlingen in 1634 and Battle of Jankau in 1645. In the Northern Wars of King Charles X of Sweden he was a...
Denmark to Sweden by the Treaty of Roskilde. On December 4 in 1676 it was defended at the Battle of Lund, one of the bloodiest battles fought in Sweden. Lund University, established in 1666, is one of... Lund Cathedral Lund [lɵnd] is a city and a municipality (population 100,995 as of January...
Charles XI at the Battle of Lund. Painting by David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl (1682). Reign February 13...¤ck, near Lund, the young Swedish monarch defeated Christian V of Denmark, who also commanded his army in person. After a ferocious contest, the Danes were practically annihilated. The Battle of Lund...