Treaty of Stralsund

…rather favorable peace treaty at Stralsund in 1370, which gave the Hanseatic League trading rights in Denmark and pawned parts of Skåne to the league for 15 years. Valdemar returned home and continued his work of stabilizing the crown’s hold on the country until he died in 1375.

…submit to the peace of Stralsund. By the treaty’s terms—outwardly the most dramatic demonstration of the Hanseatic League’s power—the league won free passage for its ships through The Sound, control of the fortresses that dominated the herring fisheries, two-thirds of the revenues of Skåne, and the right to determine the…