Carlstad

Carlstad was a short lived fortified town in Denmark built by the forces of King Charles X Gustav of Sweden during his assault on Copenhagen (1659).

Carlstad's population, primarily consisting of army personnel and followers, rivalled that of Copenhagen itself.

[2] After a successful campaign of Jutland, Funen, and Zealand, Charles X Gustav began a siege of Copenhagen intending to remove his country's traditional enemy once and for all.

He decided to encamp his army to the west of the city with its centre on the village Brønshøj, now a northwestern Copenhagen district.

Brønshøj Museum contains information from the Swedish wars 1658-1660 including a number of artifacts and models of the fortress.