page_title: Attack on Marstrand
section_title: Myths
hierarchical_section_title: Attack on Marstrand / Myths
caption_attribution_description: English: "What is taking you so long?" The Danish-Norwegian admiral Tordenskjold threatens the commendant Danckwardt in the Swedish city Marstrand during the siege 1719. Svenska: "Varför dröjer ni?" Amiral Tordenskjold hotar kommendanten Danckwardt i Marstrand 1719. Målning av den danske konstnären Otto Bache (1875).
context_page_description: The Attack on Marstrand was a successful Dano-Norwegian siege of the Swedish town of Marstrand and Carlsten fortress which took place between July 10 and July 16, 1719 during the end of the Great Northern War.
  After a Dano-Norwegian assault on northern Bohuslän, ships under the command of Peter Tordenskjold attacked the Swedes at Marstrand harbor and the immobile ships of the Swedish Gothenburg Fleet. The Danes subsequently attacked Carlsten fortress, whose garrison surrendered swiftly, partly because of psychological warfare.
  The commander of the fortress, Colonel Henrich Danckwardt, was later sentenced to death by a Swedish court-martial for abandoning the fort while it was still deemed defensible.
  The surrender of Carlsten fortress in 1719 is still surrounded by myths and legends.
context_section_description: Carlsten's surrender has been compared to Siege of Sveaborg and its surrender in 1808. Psychological warfare was used in both cases to break down their opponents will to fight. Certain events at Marstrand in 1719 have become myths, which can sometimes be confirmed or disproved with the help of documents from the time.
caption: "What is the delay?" An impatient Tordenskjold speaks with a humble Danckwardt at Marstrand. According to Rothe, Tordenskjold made an active effort to drive a certain part of the Swedes out of Carlsten after the surrender.[42] Painted by the Danish artist Otto Bache (1875).
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