Klågerup is a locality situated in Svedala Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 1,904 inhabitants in 2010.

For Sweden to show that they were a strong nation they decided to recruit more soldiers.

Students, government officials, regular citizens and similar groups in the society were exempt from being recruited.

Major Hampus Mörner went with 150 men and two cannons to face the mob, about 800 of them stayed to fight.

The major then decided to attack; about 40 of the rebels were killed and 289 people were sent to Malmö.