Louisenlund (Bornholm) King Frederik VII when he visited Bornholm in 1851. He named it after his mistress, Countess Louise Danner. Louisenlund (Bornholm) Louisenlund, some east of Østermarie on the Danish island of Bornholm, is a site with one of Denmark's largest collection of megaliths. Some 50 stones standing upright among the trees, many of them over high. Gryet, a similar site in a wood near Bodilsker west of Nexø once had over 60 megaliths but many have now been removed. The megaliths, which bear no inscription, stand on low mounds or over graves where the remains of burnt bones are buried. In
Battle of Bornholm (1563) Battle of Bornholm (1563) The Battle of Bornholm (1563) was the first naval battle of the Northern Seven Years' War (1563–70). The naval engagement took place on 30 May 1563 near Bornholm. A Danish squadron of 10 ships under the command of Jacob Brockenhuus (1521-1577) at anchor near Bornholm, saw a Swedish squadron of 19 ships approaching under the command of Jakob Bagge (1502–1577). Brockenhuus sent only the three ships; "Hercules" 81 (flag), "Hector" 38 and "Hjort" 46, toward it to show that they didn't want to fight. However, when firing three shots as a challenge, they managed to hit