The Battle of Öland was a naval battle near the Swedish island of
Öland.
History
The engagement took place on September 11, 1563 between a fleet of allied Danish-Lübeck ships and a Swedish fleet of ships. Swedish naval force with 18 ships under the command of
Jakob Bagge
Jakob Tordsson Bagge (1 May 1502 – 14 January 1577) was a Norwegian born, Swedish admiral and nobleman.
Biography
Bagge was born the son of Norwegian nobleman Thord Olofsson Bagge and his wife Ingeborg Jakobsdotter. Both he and his father ...
went out to meet the allied force consisting of 27 Danish ships under
Peder Skram
Peder Skram (died 11 July 1581) was a Danish Admiral and naval hero.
Biography
Skram born between 1491 and 1503, on his father's estate at Urup near Horsens in Jutland, Denmark.
He participated in military service during the Swedish War of L ...
and 6 from the
Free City of Lübeck
The Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck (german: Freie und Hansestadt Lübeck) was a city-state from 1226 to 1937, in what is now the German states of Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
History
Imperial Free City and the Hanseatic Le ...
under the command of
Friedrich Knebel
Friedrich Knebel (died 1574) was an alderman of the Free City of Lübeck and a naval admiral who participated in the Northern Seven Years War as an ally of Denmark-Norway against Sweden. He commanded the Lübeck fleet at the first battle of Öland ...
.
See also
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Battle of Öland (1789)
The naval Battle of Öland took place on 26 July 1789 during the Russo-Swedish War (1788–90).
Background
The Swedish battlefleet had spent the winter at Karlskrona which was struck by relapsing fever epidemic during the stay. Epidemic had st ...
References
Other sources
*Zettersten, Axel (1903) ''Svenska flottans historia aren 1635-1680'' (Norrtelje : Norrtelje tidnings boktr)
Conflicts in 1563
Öland
Oland 1563
Oland (1563)
Öland
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