Global InformationBattle of Virserum information
| Battle of Virserum | |||||||||
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| Part of Dacke War | |||||||||
 Statue of Nils Dacke in Virserum | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Sweden Supported by  Denmark–Norway[a] |
 Rebels under Nils Dacke | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Lars Siggesson Sparre Johan Turesson |
Nils Dacke (WIA) | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 5,000 | Unknown, but larger than the Swedish force | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Heavy | 500 killed[1] | ||||||||
The Battle of Virserum, also called the Battle of Lake Hjorten[2] was the final engagement between the royal troops of Gustav Vasa and the insurgent leader Nils Dacke during the Dacke War. An estimated 20,000 people took part in the fighting.[3]
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- ^ "Dackefejden och slutstriden på sjön Hjorten vid Virserum | Hultsfreds kommun". 22 February 2013.
- ^ Steinvall, Alexander (26 May 2008). "Slaget vid sjön Hjorten - Dackefejdens okända slag som avgjorde Sveriges framtid -" [The Battle of Lake Hjorten - The unknown battle of the Dacke war which settled the future of Sweden -] (PDF).
- ^ "Det avgörande slaget vid Virserum". Lokala Platser (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-02-26.