Battle of Landskrona

Battle of Landskrona
Part of the Scanian War

Battle of Landskrona: Painting by Johan Philip Lemke
DateJuly 14, 1677
Location
Landskrona, Sweden
Result Swedish victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire Denmark–Norway
Commanders and leaders
Charles XI
Simon Grundel-Helmfelt  †		 Christian V
Joachim Rüdiger von Goltz
Strength

13,000:[1]

5,000 infantry
4,000 cavalry
4,000 peasants

12,000:[1]

5,000 infantry
7,000 cavalry
Casualties and losses
1,800 killed, wounded and captured[1] 2,500 killed, wounded and captured[1]

The Battle of Landskrona was fought between Denmark and Sweden on Ylleshed moor, outside the town of Landskrona, in the province of Scania in what is now southern Sweden on July 14, 1677.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d Ericson etc (2003). Svenska slagfält. p. 247.
  2. ^ "The battle of Landskrona 1677 – summary". Riksantikvarieämbetet. Archived from the original on 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2009-03-17.