Sweden supports the Pretender

The Swedish army sent to aid Christian III by the Swedish King Gustav Vasa invaded Scania at Loshult and plundered, burned, and murdered their way throughout the Gønge area as it advanced toward the town of Vä. Another Swedish army invaded and destroyed Halland by fire and sword later on. Tyge Krabbe in Helsingborg Castle supported Count Christoffer, the regent of Christian II while some of the Scanian nobles sided with the Swedes. The army of Danish nobles and Swedes advanced on Helsingborg in January 1535 while an army consisting of residents of Lübeck and Malmö under Jørgen Kock was entrenched outside the castle. The castle's cannon suddenly opened fire against its defenders under order of Tyge Krabbe, who then opened the castle to the Swedes. His reward was a burnt down Helsingborg, a town reduced to ashes. Denmark east of the Sound was lost for Count Christoffer and Christian III.