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 Painting of Christina by David Beck | |||||||
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 Sweden | Närke peasants | ||||||
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Queen Christina |
Anders Månsson † Henrik Matsson † Olof Mårtensson  Nils Mårtensson | ||||||
The Morning Star rebellion (Swedish: Morgonstjärneupproret) was a peasant rebellion which took place in the Swedish province of Närke in 1653. It was called "Morning Star rebellion" because of the mace, commonly called "morning star", which was used by the leader of the rebels as a royal scepter.