Part 2: The research Though I am making a German Landsknecht Doublet, I am doing the Swedish version. I am modeling this design after a German “Lansknekten” or mercenary who would be fighting in the Danish Service during the final stage of the Kalmar Union in Sweden, aprox 1515-1523. In Swedish Landsknektar translates to a “country jack” or a country soldier, and were German Mercenaries (tysk legosoldat is German Mercenary in Swedish). The Kalmarunionen (Kalmar Union... read more
