Siege of Christianstad
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| Siege of Christianstad | |||||||
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| Part of the Scanian War | |||||||
 Danish troops capture Christianstad by Claus Møinichen, 1686. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Denmark–Norway |
 Swedish Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Christian V of Denmark |
Christer Wulfklo  | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 3,000 men[citation needed] |
1,000 men 78 cannons[citation needed] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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148 killed 392 wounded |
300 killed 700 captured | ||||||
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The siege of Christianstad (Danish: Belejringen af Christianstad, Swedish: Belägringen av Kristianstad), also known as the Capture of Christianstad (Danish: Overtagelsen af Christianstad, Swedish: övertagandet av Kristianstad), was a siege conducted by Christian V of Denmark on the Swedish-held city of Christianstad (Kristianstad) from 10 to 15 August 1676 during the Scanian War. The besieged Swedes would eventually surrender, and Christianstad would be occupied until 1678.
Denmark declared war on Sweden in 1675 to regain the former territories it had lost in 1645 and 1658. The Danish king, Christian V, had successfully landed near Helsingborg and had begun marching through Scania, quickly seizing Helsingborg and Landskrona. The day before the surrender of the former fortress, the Swedish king, Charles XI, had been observed marching to Kristianstad. The Danish operation on Halmstad was forgotten in pursuit of the Swedish king. It was on the 13 of August that the Danish army marched to Kristianstad.[1]