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The Hofman rebellion (Swedish: Hofmanska upproret) was a failed pro-royalist uprising against the Swedish government in 1766 led by Sven Hofman. After his forces were defeated by government troops, he was taken to Stockholm and later beheaded.
Background
[edit]After the negative treatment of the peasants in Västergötland by the local officials and officers, Sven Hofman, a armourer from Torpa parish, complained. When the peasants in the regions chose him as their representative in the Riksdag, the local sheriff sabotaged him and would not do the necessary work to let Hofman take his place in the Estate of Peasants in Stockholm.[1]
Disgruntled, he assembled a force of peasants, planning to start an uprising. In the first meeting, only a few were attending, but rumours of the planned uprising spread quickly. On the second day, during a new meeting in some church ruins at Fristad, more angered peasants showed up, and some 300 listened to Hofman's plan to rebel and strengthen the power of the king, Adolf Frederick.[2][1] Additionally, he compared the planned uprising to the one by the Dalecarlians in 1743.[1]
Rebellion
[edit]Aftermath
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Adolfsson 2007, p. 72.
- ^ Carlsson & Rosén 1964, p. 183.
Works cited
[edit]- Mikkelsen, Flemming; Kjeldstadli, Knut; Nyzell, Stefan (2017). Popular Struggle and Democracy in Scandinavia: 1700-Present. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137578556.
- Adolfsson, Mats (2007). Bondeuppror och gatustrider: 1719-1932 [Peasant uprisings and street battles: 1719-1932] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Natur och kultur. ISBN 9789127026339.
- Fryxell, Anders (1879). Berättelser ur Svenska historien [Stories from Swedish history] (in Swedish). Vol. 46. Stockholm: L. J. Hiertas Förlagsexpedition.
- Carlsson, Sten Carl Oscar; Rosén, Jerker (1964). Svensk historia: Tiden efter 1718 [Swedish history: The period after 1718] (in Swedish). Svenska bokförlaget.