In 1718 in Fredrikstad in Norway, the Swedish army under King Charles the XII had gathered for the attack on the fortress . Bur on the eve before the big attack of him and his 40 000 men , he died.

It has 3 ways of answer on that riddle,

1. The most famous, he was shot in the head by an Norwegian marksman, only problem was , that they were 400 meters awy with their muskets, and the musket of that day had en effective rance of about 70 meters for precision shots (if they were lucky)


2. He commited suicide, due to the quagmire he had led Sweden into on that campaing of may years, by shooting himself with pistol.


3. He was murdered by a group of his own men, war tired and upset of the whole campaig and all they were.

The truth hasnt ben found yet , and probaly never will be found.