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The First Treaty of Brömsebro was agreed upon in September 1541. It was an agreement between the enemies Denmark-Norway and
Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
. The respective kings of both countries, Christian III and Gustav I, took part of the negotiations, which took place in
Brömsebro Brömsebro () is a bimunicipal village situated in Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County and Torsås Municipality, Kalmar County in south-eastern part of country Sweden with 213 inhabitants in 2005. Two Dano-Swedish treaties were signed in Brö ...
, a village on the border. The treaty would run for 50 years and had Denmark-Norway and Sweden agree upon a joint attitude against the
Hanseatic League The Hanseatic League was a Middle Ages, medieval commercial and defensive network of merchant guilds and market towns in Central Europe, Central and Northern Europe, Northern Europe. Growing from a few Northern Germany, North German towns in the ...
. Both countries also committed to providing support when each other was attacked by domestic or foreign enemies. That meant that Danish troops, for example, helped Swedish Gustav suppress a peasant uprising, the
Dacke War The Dacke War () was a peasant uprising led by Nils Dacke in Småland, Sweden, in 1542 against the rule of Gustav Vasa. Dacke and his followers were dissatisfied with the heavy tax burden, the introduction of Lutheranism, and the confiscation o ...
, in the following years.


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Second Treaty of Brömsebro (1645) The Second Treaty of Brömsebro (or the Peace of Brömsebro) was signed on 13 August 1645, and ended the Torstenson War, a local conflict that began in 1643 (and was part of the larger Thirty Years' War) between Sweden and Denmark–Norway. Ne ...
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List of treaties This list of treaties contains known agreements, pacts, peaces, and major contracts between states, armies, governments, and tribal groups. Before 1200 CE 1200–1299 1300–1399 1400–1499 1500–1599 1600–1699 1700–1799 ...


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Treaties of Sweden Treaties of Denmark–Norway 1541 in Denmark 1541 in Norway 1541 in Sweden 1541 treaties Gustav Vasa Christian III of Denmark {{Treaty-stub