Battle of Lund

Battle of Lund
Part of the Scanian War

Battle of Lund by Johann Philip Lemke
Date4 December 1676
Location
Lund, Sweden
Result Swedish victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire Denmark–Norway
Commanders and leaders
Charles XI
S. Grundel-Helmfelt
Johan Galle  †
O. W von Fersen  (POW)
H. von Burghausen †		 Christian V
F. von Arensdorff
C. von Arensdorff (DOW)
Strength

8,000:[1]

2,000 infantry
6,000 cavalry
12 cannons

13,000:[2]

6,300 infantry
6,000 cavalry
56 cannons
Casualties and losses

3,000–4,000:

1,000–1,500 killed[3]
2,000–2,500 wounded[4]
70 captured

8,000–9,000:[5]

2,000–2,500 killed[3]
4,000–4,500 wounded
2,000 captured[a]

The Battle of Lund, part of the Scanian War, was fought on December 4, 1676, in an area north of the city of Lund in Scania in southern Sweden, between the invading Danish army and the army of Charles XI of Sweden. The Danish had an army of about 13,000 under the personal command of 31-year-old King Christian V of Denmark, aided by General Carl von Arensdorff. The Swedish army, which numbered about 8,000, was commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt and the 21-year-old Swedish king Charles XI.[6] It is one of the bloodiest battles in percent of casualties on both sides ever fought in Scandinavia.

  1. ^ Rystad 2005, pp. 112–114.
  2. ^ Rystad 2005, pp. 115–117.
  3. ^ a b Stark 2019.
  4. ^ Rystad 2005, p. 141.
  5. ^ a b Rystad 2005, pp. 139–140.
  6. ^ Rystad 2005, p. 107.


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