Jakob Tordsson Bagge (1 May 1502 – 14 January 1577) was a Norwegian born, Swedish admiral and nobleman.[1]
Coat of arms of HMS Jacob Bagge, part of the Navy of Sweden
Bagge was born as the son of Norwegian nobleman Thord Olofsson Bagge and his wife Ingeborg Jakobsdotter. Both he and his father were first in the military service of Denmark. He entered Swedish military service for King Gustav Vasa in 1522. He fought for Sweden in the Count's Feud of 1534–1536. He took part in the suppression of the rebellion of Nils Dacke in 1542. By the 1550s, Bagge was considered the most experienced of Sweden's admirals.
He served with Baron Klas Horn (1517–1566) at Vyborg Castle during 1557. He participated in the battle against the Danish forces at the Battle of Bornholm on 30 May 1563. He subsequently fought in the Northern Seven Years' War of 1563–1570.[2][3]
↑ Gunnar Unger, llustrerad Svensk sjökrigshistoria: delen. Omfattande tiden intill 1680 (A. Bonnier, 1680), p. 260 (in Swedish). Excerpts available at Google Books.
↑ "Jakob Bagge". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
