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 [SV] ; General major Balck	Texas Ljungberg ; Per Albin Hansson
Strength
Unknown	21 April: ; ~20, 0001 May: ; ~100, 000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Thousands wounded

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