Battle of Gestilren
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The Battle of Gestilren took place July 17, 1210.[citation needed] The battle was fought between the exiled King of Sweden Sverker and the ruling King Eric. Sverker had been beaten in the previous Battle of Lena, but had returned with new forces. Sverker was killed in the battle. The strength of the armies are unknown.
The location where this battle took place is the subject of a very long and very heated discussion between Swedish historians. Traditionally, the locatin was believed to be Varv in Västergötland, where a monument ( ) was erected in 1910 to commemorate the 700 years since the battle.
Recently, archivist and historian Lars-Otto Berg has claimed that it was located at Gästre () in Uppland, Sweden, since he found the farm name "Gestilren" fifteen times in the local church records during the years 1580-1630. Gunnar Linde has come forward with the claim that the battle was fought in Göstring Hundred in Östergötland, and Lars Gahrn believes it was a sea-battle.
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