Draft:Siege of the Riksdag

Siege of the Riksdag
Part of the Swedish hunger riots of 1917-18
Rioters and law enforcement in Stockholm 1917
Date 1917 Location Stockholm, Sweden Result Government victory
Belligerents
Sweden Swedish Civil Guard (- 5, June)	Mutineers SVV SAC Other groups: Swedish sailors union Swedish social democrats Swedish union opposition Swedish social democratic youth Socialist youth
Commanders and leaders
Hjalmar Branting Wilhelm Tamm General major Balck	Texas Ljungberg Per Albin Hansson
Strength
Unknown	21 April: ~20, 000 1 May: ~100, 000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Thousands wounded

First siege