In May 1658, Lorentz Creutz, the Governor of Dalecarlia, arrived to Trondheim with 50 cavalry and 480 infantry divided into six companies in order to take control of the city per the Treaty of Roskilde.

[2] After the outbreak of the Dano-Swedish War (1658–1660), the Norwegian commander Jørgen Bjelke, immediately marched out to recapture Trondheim.

[2][3] Bielke arranged two expeditionary forces, one from Akershus, which would march towards Trondheim overland, and one from Bergenhus, which moved by sea.

After a siege of 15 weeks or 3 months,[4] with only three hours of gundpowder left, and shortages of everything else, along with freezing temperatures, Claes Stiernsköld negotiated a surrender for the remaining 341 men, of whom 153 were too ill to move.

[2] After the siege, Bjelke quickly rushed down to assist Fredrikshald, which the Swedes had made their main attack on.