The crowds watch as the kings life guard march into the capital on Midsummer's day. Stockholm, June 24 1523. On June 6 Gustav Vasa had been elected king of Sweden and on June 17 the Danish garrison had surrendered Stockholm.

Gustav Vasa, at the time only 25 years old, directs his army towards Västerås. Västmanland, late april 1521.

Swedish peasant soldiers repel raiders in the border regions to Denmark. Värend in Småland, AD 1511.

Men from Vadsbo hundred arrive at the camp of the mustered army. Romfartuna kyrka, north of Västerås, 1521.

A patrol of burghers have quickly dismounted to open fire on the approaching enemy. Karelia, eastern Finland, 1495.

Burghers argue with a nobleman about how to conduct the attack. Siege of Kalmar, 1507.