The
Club War (also
Cudgel War, , ) was a 1596/97 peasant uprising in the kingdom of Sweden (now
Finland). The name of the uprising derives from the fact that the peasants armed themselves with various blunt weapons, such as
cudgels,
flails and
maces, as they were seen as the most efficient weapons against their heavily armoured enemies. The yeomen also had
swords, some
firearms and two
cannons at their disposal. Their opponents, the troops of
Clas Eriksson Fleming, were professional, heavily armed and armoured men-at-arms.