Hanseatic influence on Scandinavian port towns (c. 13th–16th centuries)

1. Scania Market becomes a Baltic trade hub

   Jan 1, 1200Labels: Scania Market, Skan r

   • Britannica Hansa
   • Scania Market

2. Scania Market rises with royal forts and Hanseatic booths

   Jan 1, 1220Labels: Danish crown, Hanseatic booths

   • Skan r Falsterbo
   • Scania Market

3. Lübeck–Hamburg alliance strengthens German trade routes

   Jan 1, 1241Labels: L beck, Hamburg

   • Britannica Hansa
   • Hanseatic League

4. Hanseatic cities attack Falsterbo’s castle

   Jan 1, 1311Labels: Rostock, Falsterbo castle

   • Skan r Falsterbo
   • Scania Market

5. Stockfish exports shift Bergen toward Hanseatic control

   Jan 1, 1340Labels: Bergen, stockfish trade

   • AmS Skrifter
   • Britannica Hansa

6. Hanseatic “German Office” established at Bergen

   Jan 1, 1360Labels: Bryggen kontor, Hanseatic kontor

   • Hanse org Bergen
   • Britannica Hansa

7. Treaty of Stralsund boosts Hanseatic leverage in Denmark

   May 24, 1370Labels: Treaty of, Denmark

   • Treaty Stralsund
   • Britannica Stralsund

8. Hanseatic privileges renegotiated at Novgorod’s Peterhof

   Jan 1, 1392Labels: Peterhof, Novgorod

   • Peterhof
   • Hanseatic League

9. Scania herring decline weakens a key Hanseatic market

   Jan 1, 1400Labels: Scania herring, Scania Market

   • Scania Market
   • Britannica Hansa

10. Sound Dues introduced, tightening Danish control of Øresund passage

    Jan 1, 1429Labels: Sound Dues, resund

    • Sound Dues
    • Helsing r route

11. Hanseatic League blockades Novgorod during eastern trade crisis

    Jan 1, 1443Labels: Hanseatic League, Novgorod

    • Peterhof
    • Hanseatic League

12. Direct Iceland trade and new routes reduce Bergen’s middleman role

    Jan 1, 1500Labels: Iceland trade, Bergen

    • AmS Skrifter
    • Kalmar Museum

13. Lübeck backs Sweden in the War of Liberation

    Jan 1, 1522Labels: L beck, Swedish War

    • Swedish Liberation
    • Hanseatic League

14. Count’s Feud ends, curbing Lübeck’s Nordic influence

    Jul 29, 1536Labels: Count s, Christian III

    • Count s Feud
    • Hanseatic League