During the Kalmar War, Sweden raised mercenaries in Scotland, and in 1612 a body of them landed in Romsdal to march across Norway. In the valley of Gudbrandsdalen local farmers ambushed and destroyed them. Michell, a British consul in Norway, sifts the sources, separates fact from the ballads and legends that grew up around the event, and prints the original documents.
A careful study of a small, bloody episode that became a national legend in Norway. Download the free EPUB.