[2][4] During the parliamentary meeting at Västerås in 1527, it was decided by Gustav Vasa that the state was to convert to Lutheranism, and in connection with this, he ordered the confiscation of the Church's silver.[5] Gustav's new reforms required high taxes, since he still needed to pay the Hanseatic League for their assistance in him gaining the throne.[5] In midsummer of 1542, Nils Dacke, a group of outlaws and former peasants, who rallied around him in the forest, attacked three royal advocates near Södra More, who had been sent to districts around Kalmar to collect taxes.[2] After the ceasefire after the Battle of Kisa, Nils Dacke and his rebels were in control of Småland and Öland, with partial support from Västergötland and Östergötland.He used the truce to his advantage, and began mobilizing troops from Europe, continued creating propaganda against Dacke and isolated Dackeland both politically and economically.
