Käpplinge murders () was the name of a

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conducted on ''Käpplingeholmen'' (now

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) in

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in June 1389, when 70 men were placed in a barn house and burned alive. The massacre was performed by the hättebröder as a part of the power struggle at the time between the German burgher party and the Swedish burgher party in the city of Stockholm, when the German burghers supported

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, and the Swedish burghers supported

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in their rivalry over the throne of Sweden.

References

* Ahnlund, Nils, Från medeltid och vasatid. Historia och kulturhistoria (1933) * Heyde, Astrid, Käpplingemorden år 1389 : ett 600-årsminne?, S. 9-18. Ur: Sankt Eriksårsbok 1989 * Kumlien, Kjell, "Käpplingemorden", Samfundet S:t Eriks årsbok 1947 * Svenska Familj-Journalen, 1866. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kapplinge murders History of Stockholm 14th century in Sweden Political history of Sweden 1389 in Europe Conflicts in 1389 Massacres in Sweden Medieval history of Sweden Violence against men in Europe Margaret I of Denmark Arson in Sweden Arson deaths Residential building arson attacks in Europe Attacks on farmhouses Attacks on residential buildings in Sweden Crime in Stockholm 14th-century massacres