Stockholm Bloodbath
Stockholm Bloodbath  
Podcast: History Dispatches
Published On: Thu Feb 12 2026
Description: In November of 1520 the king of Sweden and Denmark, King Christian II, betrayed the Swedish nobility. After a feast, he imprisoned dozens of nobles and clergymen and then proceeded to execute 82 of them in the town square of Stockholm for heresy. This is the story of the Stockholm Bloodbath. Sources https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2021/11/the-stockholm-bloodbath-of-november-1520/ https://www.britannica.com/event/Stockholm-Bloodbath https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_Bloodbath Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stockholm_Bloodbath.jpg History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices