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What event led to the Swedish rebellion against Christian II?

  • Stockholm Banquet

  • Stockholm Peace

  • Stockholm Treaty

  • Stockholm Bloodbath

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The Stockholm Bloodbath was a massacre of Swedish nobles and commoners ordered by King Christian II of Denmark in 1520. The event sparked the Swedish rebellion against Christian II and led to the election of Gustav Vasa as king of Sweden.
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