Pillage of Sigtuna

The Pillage of Sigtuna was the raid of the Swedish town of Sigtuna by pagans from the Eastern Baltic in 1187, leading to its destruction.[1] The pillage is most commonly attributed to Estonians, Curonians, Karelians, or Novgorodians.[2]

  1. ^ Line 2007, pp. 96, 184.
  2. ^ Shkvarov, Alexei (2012). Россия и Швеция. История военных конфликтов 1142-1809 [Russia and Sweden. The history of military conflicts 1142-1809] (in Russian). Saint-Petersburg: RME Group Oy:Алетейя. pp. 18–19. ISBN 978-5-91419-754-1.