The Battle of Vänersborg was fought between Swedish and Norwegian forces during the Torstenson War in 1645. [1] The Swedes were victorious and the Norwegians retreated to Bohuslän.[ citation needed] The Dano-Norwegian commander was Henrik Bielke. [1] A hundred men, led by captain Alexander Hamilton, had been assigned to the Swedish fortifications. [2] In the initial attack, Norwegian troops lost 24 men, whereas the Swedish defenders lost five men, among them one corporal. [1] The attack came a few months after Vänersborg had been burned to the ground in an attack the previous year. [3]
The Swedish forces repelled three attacks before the sieging forces retreated. [4] This marked the end of attacks on Vänersborg during the Torstenson War. [4] Bielke and the Norwegian forces had to leave the area after the Swedish lieutenant colonel Per Lillie had returned with more Swedish troops. [5]
- ^ a b c " Extract Skrifwelse daterat i Tunum Sochn i Wester-Götland den 5. Febr", Ordinari Post Tijdender. Issue 8, 1645.
- ^ Munthe 1901, p. 111.
- ^ "Vad blev kvar då staden flyttades?". Vänersborgs museum (in Swedish). 2017-02-01. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ a b Corin, Carl-Fredrik (1944). Vänersborgs historia: Tiden till 1834 (in Swedish). p. 69.
- ^ Munthe 1901, p. 134.
- Munthe, Carl Oscar (1901). Hannibalsfeiden 1643–45 : Den norske hærs bloddåb.
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The Battle of Vänersborg was fought between Swedish and Norwegian forces during the Torstenson War in 1645. [1] The Swedes were victorious and the Norwegians retreated to Bohuslän.[ citation needed] The Dano-Norwegian commander was Henrik Bielke. [1] A hundred men, led by captain Alexander Hamilton, had been assigned to the Swedish fortifications. [2] In the initial attack, Norwegian troops lost 24 men, whereas the Swedish defenders lost five men, among them one corporal. [1] The attack came a few months after Vänersborg had been burned to the ground in an attack the previous year. [3]
The Swedish forces repelled three attacks before the sieging forces retreated. [4] This marked the end of attacks on Vänersborg during the Torstenson War. [4] Bielke and the Norwegian forces had to leave the area after the Swedish lieutenant colonel Per Lillie had returned with more Swedish troops. [5]
- ^ a b c " Extract Skrifwelse daterat i Tunum Sochn i Wester-Götland den 5. Febr", Ordinari Post Tijdender. Issue 8, 1645.
- ^ Munthe 1901, p. 111.
- ^ "Vad blev kvar då staden flyttades?". Vänersborgs museum (in Swedish). 2017-02-01. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ a b Corin, Carl-Fredrik (1944). Vänersborgs historia: Tiden till 1834 (in Swedish). p. 69.
- ^ Munthe 1901, p. 134.
- Munthe, Carl Oscar (1901). Hannibalsfeiden 1643–45 : Den norske hærs bloddåb.
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