The Klågerup riots (

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

: ''Klågerupskravallerna'') is the name for a series of Swedish

rebellion Rebellion, uprising, or insurrection is a refusal of obedience or order. It refers to the open resistance against the orders of an established authority. A rebellion originates from a sentiment of indignation and disapproval of a situation and ...

s which took place in Scania in Sweden in the summer of 1811. That year a series of rebellions took place in Scania, caused by discontent about, among other things, the draft for military service. This led to demonstrations by civilian armies of peasantry, who demanded negotiations with the authorities. The rebels were displeased with both the army, which wanted to enforce conscription, and the Swedish priests who refused to stand up for the people. The name ''

Klågerup Klågerup is a locality situated in Svedala Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 1,904 inhabitants in 2010. It is located next to road 108. This was the scene of the Klågerup Riots of 1811. Society In Klågerup there is a school, two kinde ...

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s'' are given to the events from the end of the affair: the last forces of the rebel army, gathered at

, refused to surrender and was attacked by the military on 15.June 1811, leading to some 40 dead from gunshots at once (23 of them died in Klågerup), and several more who later died from infected wounds.Uno Röndahl "333-årsboken" Swedish , p66-75. Hundreds were brought in chains to

Malmöhus Castle Malmöhus is a neighbourhood of Malmö, situated in the Borough of Centrum, Malmö Municipality, Scania County (formerly Malmöhus County Malmöhus County ( sv, Malmöhus län) was a county of Sweden 1719–1996. On 1 January 1997 it was merged ...

, which partly served as a prison. More died during 5-6 months of custody. Finally, a man, who the Swedish authorities believed to be some kind of rebel leader, was publicly executed at Stortorget square in Malmö.

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* Birger Persson: Bondeupproret i Skåne: Ett 150-årsminne. Särtryck ur Ystads Allehanda, 20/5, 27/5, 3/6 1961. * Gösta Johannesson: Skånes historia. Signum 1977. * K Arne Blom och Jan Moen: Slagfält i Skåneland. Liber 1986. * Gert-Ove Pettersson & Sven Rosborn m.fl.: 1811. Bondeupproret i Skåne. Malmö 1991. * Mats Olsson, Sten Skansjö och Kerstin Sundberg: Gods och bönder från högmedeltid till nutid: kontinuitet genom omvandling på Vittskövle och andra skånska gods. Nordic Academic Press 2006, . * Alf Åberg: Skånes historia i fickformat. Natur & Kultur 1997, . {{DEFAULTSORT:Klagerupskravallerna Conflicts in 1811 1811 in Sweden Peasant revolts Rebellions in Sweden 19th-century rebellions

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