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The Union Wars (Swedish: Unionskrigen) were a series of conflicts which occurred between 1448 and 1523 over the question of Sweden's position within the Kalmar Union, the tripartite union formed in 1397 between the Kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The wars were fought between the Union kings and unionist Swedes on the one hand, and on the other Swedish separatists who sought to remove Sweden from the Union, or at least to secure greater autonomy within it. The latter group ultimately prevailed with the coronation of Gustav Vasa as king of an independent Sweden in 1523, although the kings of Denmark-Norway did not formally abandon their claims to the Swedish crown until the 1570 Treaty of Stettin.
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Part of Dano-Swedish Wars | |||||||
The famous Saint George and Dragon sculpture in the Stockholm Storkyrkan, symbolising the Swedish victory over the Danes at the Battle of Brunkeberg. | |||||||
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Swedish separatists
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Christian I Hans Christian II |
Karl Knutsson Sten Sture the Elder Svante Nilsson Sten Sture the Younger Gustav Vasa |