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Danish Civil War

Belligerents1131–1134Eric II of Denmark1131–1134Niels I of DenmarkMagnus the StrongHarald Kesja1139–1143Eric III1139–1143Olaf Haraldsen1146–1147Canute V1146–1147Sweyn IIIValdemar I1147–1154Canute VSverker I of Sweden1147–1154Sweyn IIIValdemar I1154–1157Canute VValdemar ISverker I of Sweden1154–1157Sweyn III1157Valdemar ISverker I of Sweden1157Sweyn IIICommanders and leadersEric II of DenmarkXNiels I of DenmarkXMagnus the Strong†Harald KesjaEric III of DenmarkOlaf Haraldsen†Canute VXValdemar ISverker I of SwedenSweyn III†The Danish Civil Wars (Danish: Kongekrigene, Norwegian: De danske kongekrige) were a series of civil wars fought in the Kingdom of Denmark, first from 1131 to 1134 over the murder of Canute Lavard, then from 1139 to 1143, and finally a war of succession fought from 1146 to 1157, after the abdication of Eric III of Denmark, the first monarch in Danish history to have abdicated.

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