siege, early modern

Siege of Steinvikholm

Name: Siege of Steinvikholm
Location: Steinvikholm Castle, Norway

Siege of Steinvikholm was a siege conducted in March 1537 at Steinvikholm Castle, in what is now Norway. It was part of the European Wars of Religion, which ran from 1524 to 1697. The recorded result: Protestant victory. Recorded strength: Unknown (maybe around 100) against Unknown (maybe around 300–400).

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FoughtMarch 1537

WhereSteinvikholm Castle, Norway63.544N, 10.813E

OutcomeProtestant victory

Belligerents21px Norwegian CatholicsagainstDenmark; 21px Norwegian Protestants

Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown

Part ofEuropean Wars of Religion1524 to 1697

Record

Date	March 1537 (month precision) to 17 May 1537
Place	Steinvikholm Castle, Norway 63.544N, 10.813E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Strength	Unknown (maybe around 100)	Unknown (maybe around 300–400)
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Unknown
Commanders	Skanke (noble family)

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Trondheim 1718, 24 km SW
Battle of Stiklestad 1030, 47 km NE
Battle of Orkdal AD 870, 58 km SW
World War II bombing of Steinkjer 1940, 62 km NE
Battle of Eiunna Bridge 1940, 151 km S

In the same war

After: Siege of Hamar 1537

Elsewhere in 1537

Siege of Steinvikholm is one of 1,470 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 111 in present-day Norway.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q104871750, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Steinvikholm (1537), revision 1370745456, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.