List of Swedish battles
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This is a list of major battle
s and operations fought by Sweden
between 1521 and 1814:
Battle
Generally, a battle is a conceptual component in the hierarchy of combat in warfare between two or more armed forces, or combatants. In a battle, each combatant will seek to defeat the others, with defeat determined by the conditions of a military campaign...
s and operations fought by Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
between 1521 and 1814:
- The Swedish War of LiberationSwedish War of LiberationThe Swedish War of Liberation , , was a civil war in which the Swedish nobleman Gustav Vasa successfully deposed the Danish king Christian II as regent of the Kalmar Union in Sweden. The war started in January 1521 when Gustav Vasa was appointed "hövitsman" over Dalarna. After Gustav Vasa sacked...
or Befrielsekriget (1521-1523)- Battle of Brunnbäck FerryBattle of Brunnbäck FerryThe Battle of Brunnbäck Ferry was the first major battle in the Swedish War of Liberation, between rebels rallied by Gustav Vasa that had marched down from occupied Falun and Danish troops from Västerås...
(first half of April 1521) - Battle of VästeråsBattle of VästeråsThe Battle of Västerås was a battle in the Swedish War of Liberation that took place on Badelundaåsen, north of Västerås, Sweden on April 29, 1521...
(April 29, 1521) - Conquest of KalmarConquest of KalmarThe Conquest of Kalmar took place on May 27 1523 during the Swedish War of Liberation . In the beginning of 1523, Kalmar and Stockholm remained as the only real Danish strongholds in Sweden. The situation in Kalmar is tense, with many German Landsknechte mercenaries in Danish hire stationed in the...
(May 27, 1523) - Conquest of StockholmConquest of StockholmThe Conquest of Stockholm was a battle in the Swedish War of Liberation that took place in Stockholm, Sweden on June 17, 1523. The Swedish forces had for a long time laid siege to Stockholm, which was the last Danish stronghold in Sweden. The city waited for reinforcement from Denmark, but none came...
(June 16-17 , 1523)
- Battle of Brunnbäck Ferry
- The Danish Count Feud or Danska Grevefejden (1534-1536)
- Conquest of Halmstad (October 31, 1534)
- Battle of Helsingborg (January, 1535)
- The Great Russian War or Stora ryska kriget (1554-1557)
- Battle of Kivinäbb (March 11, 1555)
- Assault of Nöteborg (September 15-29 , 1555)
- Assault of Viborg (January 21-25, 1556)
- The Northern Seven Years' WarNorthern Seven Years' WarThe Northern Seven Years' War was the war between Kingdom of Sweden and a coalition of Denmark–Norway, Lübeck and the Polish–Lithuanian union, fought between 1563 and 1570...
or Nordiska sjuårskriget (1563-1570)- Capitulation of Älvsborg (September 4, 1563)
- Battle of Marred (November 9, 1563)
- Conquest of Pernau (June 9, 1565)
- Battle of Obermühlenberg (August 15, 1565)
- Conquest of Varberg (August 28, 1565)
- Battle of AxtornaBattle of AxtornaThe Battle of Axtorna was fought October 20, 1565 at Axtorna, a little village today in Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County in western Sweden....
(October 20, 1565) - Battle of Runafer (February 3, 1567)
- Fall of Pernau (June 9, 1565)
- Capitulation of Varberg (December 4, 1569)
- The Livonian WarLivonian WarThe Livonian War was fought for control of Old Livonia in the territory of present-day Estonia and Latvia when the Tsardom of Russia faced a varying coalition of Denmark–Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden, the Union of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland.During the period 1558–1578,...
or Första polska kriget (1563-1568)- Fall of Pernau (June 9, 1565)
- Battle of Obermühlenberg (August 15, 1565)
- Battle of Runafer (February 3, 1567)
- Conquest of Sonnenburg (August 11, 1568)
- The Russian Twenty-five Years' War or 25-årskriget mot Ryssland (1570-1595)
- Battle of Ubagall (March, 1571)
- Conquest of Weissenstein (January 1, 1573)
- Battle of Lode (January 23, 1573)
- Battle of WendenBattle of WendenThe Battle of Cēsis fought near Cēsis in June 1919 was a decisive battle in the Estonian War of Independence and the Latvian War of Independence...
(October 21, 1578) - Conquest of Kexholm (November 4, 1580)
- Conquest of Narva (September 6, 1581)
- The War against SigismundWar against SigismundThe war against Sigismund was a war between Duke Charles, later King Charles IX and Sigismund, King of Sweden and Poland. Lasting from 1598 to 1599, it is also called War of Deposition against Sigismund, since the focus of the conflicts was the attempt to depose the latter from the throne of Sweden...
or Kriget mot Sigismund (1598-1599)- Battle of StegeborgBattle of StegeborgThe Battle of Stegeborg took place on a meadow near Stegeborg Castle, Sweden on September 8, 1598. It is part of the so-called War against Sigismund, in turn part of the Polish-Swedish Wars....
(September 8, 1598) - Battle of StångebroBattle of StångebroThe Battle of Stångebro or Battle of Linköping took place at Linköping, Sweden on September 25, 1598, and effectively ended the personal union between Sweden and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, that had only existed since 1592...
(September 25, 1598)
- Battle of Stegeborg
- The Polish War or Andra polska kriget (1600-1629)
- Battle of KokenhausenBattle of KokenhausenThe Battle of Kokenhausen was a major battle opening the Polish–Swedish War . It took place on the 23 June 1601 near Koknese in Livonia . In the battle, Polish forces defeated the Swedish relief force and captured the besieging force, relieving the Polish garrison...
(June 17, 1601) - Battle of Weissenstein (September 15, 1604)
- Battle of KircholmBattle of KircholmThe Battle of Kircholm was one of the major battles in the Polish-Swedish War of 1600-1611. The battle was decided in 20 minutes by the devastating charge of Polish-Lithuanian cavalry, the Winged Hussars...
(September 17, 1605) - Conquest of Riga (September 15, 1621)
- Battle of WallhofBattle of WallhofBattle of Wallhof , was a battle fought between Sweden and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in which a Swedish force of 4,900 men with 6 guns under Gustavus II Adolphus ambushed and took by surprise a Polish-Lithuanian force of 2,000 men with 3 guns under Jan Stanisław Sapieha, Polish-Lithuanian...
(January 8, 1626) - Battle of Mewe (September 21, 1626)
- Battle of Hammerstein (April 13, 1627)
- Battle of Dirschau (August 8, 1627)
- Battle of Danzig (June 16, 1628)
- Battle of Osterode (October 14, 1628)
- Battle of Gurzno (February 2, 1629)
- Battle of Kokenhausen
- The De la Gardie CampaignDe la Gardie CampaignThe De la Gardie Campaign refers to the actions of a 15,000-strong Swedish military unit, commanded by Jacob De la Gardie and Evert Horn in alliance with the Russian commander Mikhail Skopin-Shuisky against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Polish–Muscovite War...
or De la Gardieska fälttåget (1609-1610)- Battle of Kamenka (May 15, 1609)
- Battle of Torzhok (June 17, 1609)
- Battle of Tver (July 13, 1609)
- Battle of Tver (July 15, 1609)
- Battle of Kaljazin (August 18, 1609)
- Battle of Troitsko (October 28, 1609)
- Battle of Rzjov (April, 1610)
- Battle of Klusina (June 24, 1610)
- The Ingrian WarIngrian WarThe Ingrian War between Sweden and Russia, which lasted between 1610 and 1617 and can be seen as part of Russia's Time of Troubles, is mainly remembered for the attempt to put a Swedish duke on the Russian throne...
or Ingermanländska kriget (1610-1617)- Conquest of Novgorod (July 15, 1611)
- Battle of Bronnicy (July 14, 1614)
- Assault of Pskov (October 9, 1615)
- The Kalmar WarKalmar WarThe Kalmar War was a war between Denmark–Norway and Sweden. Though Denmark soon gained the upper hand, she was unable to defeat Sweden entirely...
or Kalmarkriget (1611-1613)- Conquest of Kalmar slott (August 3, 1611)
- Conquest of Älvsborg (May 24, 1612)
- The Thirty Years' WarThirty Years' WarThe Thirty Years' War was fought primarily in what is now Germany, and at various points involved most countries in Europe. It was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history....
or Trettioåriga kriget (1630-1648)- Battle of Stralsund (1628)Battle of Stralsund (1628)The Siege of Stralsund was a siege laid on Stralsund by Albrecht von Wallenstein's Imperial Army during the Thirty Years' War, from May to 4 August 1628. Stralsund was aided by Denmark and Sweden, with considerable Scottish participation. The siege ended Wallenstein's series of victories, and...
- Conquest and occupation of Pomerania (1630)Treaty of Stettin (1630)The Treaty of Stettin or Alliance of Stettin was the legal framework for the occupation of the Duchy of Pomerania by the Swedish Empire during the Thirty Years' War...
- Battle of Marwitz (December 25, 1630)
- Battle of Frankfurt an der OderBattle of Frankfurt an der OderThe Battle of Frankfurt an der Oder on 13/15 April 1631 was a battle of the Thirty Years' War, fought between the Swedish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire for the strategically important, fortified Oder crossing Frankfurt an der Oder, Brandenburg, Germany...
(April 3, 1631) - Conquest of MagdeburgSack of MagdeburgThe Sack of Magdeburg refers to the siege and subsequent plundering of the largely Protestant city of Magdeburg by the forces of the Holy Roman Empire and the Catholic League during the Thirty Years' War...
(May 10, 1631) - Battle of BreitenfeldBattle of Breitenfeld (1631)The Battle of Breitenfeld or First Battle of Breitenfeld , was fought at the crossroads villages of Breitenfeld , Podelwitz , and Seehausen , approximately five miles northwest of the walled city of Leipzig on September 17 , or September 7 The Battle of Breitenfeld or First Battle of Breitenfeld...
(September 7, 1631) - Battle of RainBattle of RainThe Battle of Rain was fought on April 15, 1632, as part of the Thirty Years' War. The forces involved in this conflict were 40,000 Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus and 25,000 Catholic League troops under Count Johan Tzerclaes of Tilly...
(April 5, 1632) - Battle of Nürnberg (August 24, 1632)
- Battle of LützenBattle of Lützen (1632)The Battle of Lützen was one of the most decisive battles of the Thirty Years' War. It was a Protestant victory, but cost the life of one of the most important leaders of the Protestant alliance, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, which caused the Protestant campaign to lose direction.- Prelude to the...
(November 6, 1632) - Battle of OldendorfBattle of OldendorfThe Battle of Oldendorf on 8 July 1633 was a battle of the Thirty Years' War between the Swedish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire near Hessisch-Oldendorf, Lower Saxony, Germany...
(June 28, 1633) - Battle of PfaffenhofenBattle of PfaffenhofenThe Battle of Pfaffenhofen was fought on April 15, 1745 between France and Austria. The Austrians under Karl Josef Batthyány defeated the outnumbered French under General Ségur, ending the war in Bavaria.-Prelude:...
(August 1, 1633) - Battle of Steinau (September 27, 1633)
- Battle of NördlingenBattle of Nördlingen (1634)The Battle of Nördlingen was fought on 27 August or 6 September , 1634 during the Thirty Years' War. The Roman Catholic Imperial army, bolstered by 18,000 Spanish and Italian soldiers, won a crushing victory over the combined Protestant armies of Sweden and their German-Protestant allies .After...
(August 27, 1634) - Battle of Dömitz (October 22, 1635)
- Battle of WittstockBattle of WittstockThe Battle of Wittstock took place during the Thirty Years' War . It was fought on 24 September or 4 October 1636. A Swedish-allied army under general Johan Baner decisively defeated a combined Imperial-Saxon army, led by Count Melchior von Hatzfeld and the Saxon Elector John George I...
(September 24, 1636) - Battle of ChemnitzBattle of ChemnitzThe Battle of Chemnitz took place between near the town of Chemnitz, in what is now eastern Germany, during the Thirty Years' War. Swedish forces under Johan Baner inflicted a crushing defeat on the Saxon and Imperial forces led by John George The battle was a confused engagement in broken country...
(April 4, 1639) - Battle of Wolfenbüttel (June 19, 1641)
- Battle of Schweidnitz (May 21, 1642)
- Battle of BreitenfeldBattle of Breitenfeld (1642)The Second Battle of Breitenfeld, also known as the First Battle of Leipzig , took place at Breitenfeld , Germany, during the Thirty Years' War— fully eleven years after the first battle at the crossroads village had unbottled the Swedish forces under Gustavus II Adolphus wherein he had...
(October 23, 1642) - Battle of JüterbogBattle of JüterbogThe Battle of Jüterbog was fought on November 23, 1644, between Sweden and the Holy Roman Empire, resulting in a Swedish victory.-Background:Field Marshal Lennart Torstenson had unexpectedly marched into Jutland in September 1643...
(November 23, 1644) - Battle of Magdeburg (December 23, 1644)
- Battle of Jankau (February 23, 1645)
- Battle of ZusmarshausenBattle of ZusmarshausenThe Battle of Zusmarshausen was fought on May 17, 1648 between the Holy Roman Empire and Sweden and France in the modern Augsburg district of Bavaria, Germany...
(May 7, 1648)
- Battle of Stralsund (1628)
- The Torstenson War or Torstensonkriget (1643-1645)
- Battle of Kolding (1644) (January 9, 1644)
- Battle of Colberger HeideBattle of Colberger HeideThe naval Battle of Colberger Heide took place on 1 July 1644 during the Danish-Swedish War , off northern Germany...
(July 1, 1644) - Battle of Fehmarn (October 13, 1644)
- Battle on the frozen Bysjö (December 22, 1644)
- The First Bremian War or Första bremiska kriget (1654)
- No major battles
- The Northern WarsNorthern WarsNorthern Wars is a term used for a series of wars fought in northern and northeastern Europe in the 16th and 17th century. An internationally agreed nomenclature for these wars has not yet been devised...
or Nordiska krigen (1655-1661)- Battle of SobotaBattle of SobotaThe Battle of Sobota was a battle that took place near Sobota, Poland, on August 23, 1655, between the armies of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth on the one hand and of Sweden on the other....
(August 23, 1655) - Battle of ZarnowBattle of ZarnówThe Battle of Żarnów was fought on September 6, 1655 between forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth commanded by John II Casimir on one side, and on the other Swedish forces commanded by Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie and Gustaf Otto Stenbock. Swedish victory.-Swedish units:1. Fab. Berns...
(September 6, 1655) - Battle of Nowy Dwor (September 20, 1655)
- Battle of WojniczBattle of WojniczThe Battle of Wojnicz was fought on September 3, 1655 between forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth commanded by Field Crown Hetman Stanisław Lanckoroński and Great Crown Hetman Stanisław Rewera Potocki on one side, and on the other Swedish forces commanded by Charles X Gustav. Swedish...
(September 23, 1655) - Battle of Radom (February 2, 1656)
- Battle of Golomb (February 8, 1656)
- Battle of WarkaBattle of WarkaThe Battle of Warka on April 7, 1656 between forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth commanded by Stefan Czarniecki on one side, and on the other Swedish forces commanded by Friedrich of Baden. Battle was fought for about two hours. Polish forces won the battle....
(March 28, 1656) - Battle of Gnesen (April 27, 1656)
- Battle of WarszawaBattle of Warsaw (1656)The Battle of Warsaw was a battle which took place near Warsaw on , between the armies of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth on the one hand and of Sweden and Brandenburg on the other. It was a major battle in the Second Northern War between Poland and Sweden in the period 1655–1660, also known as...
(June 18-20 , 1656) - Battle of Rautu kyrka (July, 1656)
- Battle of Lyck (September 28, 1656)
- Battle of Filippovo (October 12, 1656)
- Battle of Konitz (December 23, 1656)
- Battle of Walk (July 8, 1657)
- Battle of Ängelholm (July 18, 1657)
- Assault of Lava (August 1, 1657)
- Battle of Genevadsbro (August 31, 1657)
- Battle of Hjärtum (September 25, 1657)
- Battle of Kattarp (October 3, 1657)
- Conquest of Fredriksodde (October 24, 1657)
- Battle of Tybrindvig (January 30, 1658)
- March over the both Belts (January 30-February 10, 1658)
- Conquest of Kronborg (September 6, 1658)
- Assault of Copenhagen (February 11, 1659)
- Battle of NyborgBattle of NyborgThe Battle of Nyborg was a battle fought between Denmark and Sweden on 14 November 1659 at Nyborg on the Danish island of Funen during the 1658–1660 Dano-Swedish War. It is considered to be one one the most important Danish victories in the war which was won by the Danes....
(November 14, 1659)
- Battle of Sobota
- The Second Bremian War or Andra bremiska kriget (1666)
- No major battles
- The Scanian WarScanian WarThe Scanian War was a part of the Northern Wars involving the union of Denmark-Norway, Brandenburg and Sweden. It was fought mainly on Scanian soil, in the former Danish provinces along the border with Sweden and in Northern Germany...
or Skånska kriget (1674-1679)- Battle of Rathenow (June 15, 1675)
- Battle of FehrbellinBattle of FehrbellinThe Battle of Fehrbellin was fought on June 18, 1675 between Swedish and Brandenburg-Prussian troops. The Swedes, under Count Waldemar von Wrangel , had invaded and occupied parts of Brandenburg from their possessions in Pomerania, but were repelled by the forces of Frederick William, the Great...
(June 18, 1675) - Battle of HalmstadBattle of HalmstadThe Battle of Halmstad was fought at Fyllebro, approximately five kilometers south of the town Halmstad in southwest Sweden on August 17, 1676...
(August 17, 1676) - Battle of LundBattle of LundThe Battle of Lund was fought on December 4, 1676 in an area north of the city of Lund in Scania in southern Sweden, between the invading Danish army and the army of Charles XI of Sweden. It was part of the Scanian War...
(December 4, 1676) - Battle of LandskronaBattle of LandskronaThe Battle of Landskrona was fought on the Ylleshed moore, outside the town of Landskrona, in southern Sweden onJuly 14, 1677 .-Prelude:...
(July 14, 1677) - Battle of Warksow (January 8, 1678)
- Battle of UddevallaBattle of UddevallaThe Battle of Uddevalla took place at Uddevalla on August 28, 1677 as part of the Scanian War.- Prelude :After the fall of Marstrand to the Norwegians, Gothenburg had become vulnerably exposed. Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie assembled a force of 3,000 Swedes of which 1,200 were fresh cavalry recruits...
(August 28, 1678) - Great Sleigh Drive (winter 1678)
- The Great Northern WarGreat Northern WarThe Great Northern War was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in northern Central Europe and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swedish alliance were Peter I the Great of Russia, Frederick IV of...
or Stora nordiska kriget (1700-1721)- Battle of Pühhajoggi (November 17, 1700)
- Battle of NarvaBattle of Narva (1700)The Battle of Narva on 19 November 1700 was an early battle in the Great Northern War. A Swedish relief army under Charles XII of Sweden defeated a Russian siege force three times its size. Before, Charles XII had forced Denmark-Norway to sign the Treaty of Travendal...
(November 20, 1700) - Crossing of Daugava (July 9, 1701)
- Battle of Rauge (September 5, 1701)
- Battle of ErastferBattle of ErastferThe battle of Erastfer took place on December 29, 1701 / December 30, 1701 / January 9 / 1702 near Erastfer in eastern Swedish Livonia between a Russian force of 12,000 men led by general Boris Sheremetev and a Swedish force of 2,200 under the command of Wolmar...
(December 30, 1701) - Battle of Klissow (July 9, 1702)
- Battle of HummelshofBattle of HummelshofBattle of Hummelshof took place on July 19, 1702 near the small town Hummelshof in Swedish Livonia . It was the second significant Russian victory in the Great Northern War.- Prelude :...
(July 19, 1702) - Battle of Saladen (March 19, 1703)
- Battle of Pulutsk (April 21, 1703)
- Battle of Systerbäck (July 9, 1703)
- Battle of Wesenberg (June 16, 1704)
- Battle of Jakobstadt (July 26, 1704)
- Battle of Posen (Poznań)Battle of Poznan (1704)The Battle of Poznań was a battle that took place on August 9, 1704 in Poznań, Poland during the Great Northern War.The Swedes won the battle....
(August 9, 1704) - Battle of PunitzBattle of PunitzThe Battle of Punitz took place on October 28, 1704 in Punitz , Poland, during the Great Northern War. The Swedish Army under Charles XII unsuccessfully tried to dislodge the Saxon Army under Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg through several cavalry charges. The Saxons had deployed in a massive...
(October 28, 1704) - Battle of GemäuerthofBattle of GemauerthofThe Battle of Gemäuerthof was a battle in the Great Northern War. The Swedish forces under Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt fought a Russian army under Boris Sheremetyev. The Swedes, exhausted after forced marching, went to camp and were cooking supper when the news came of a large Russian army nearby...
(July 16, 1705) - Battle of Rakowitz (July 21, 1705)
- Battle of FraustadtBattle of FraustadtThe Battle of Fraustadt was fought on February 2, 1706 / February 3, 1706 / February 13, 1706 between Sweden and Saxony-Poland and their Russian allies near Fraustadt in Poland. During the Battle of Fraustadt on February 3, August II was only 120 kilometers away with a cavalry force about 8000...
(February 3, 1706) - Battle of Kalish (October 19, 1706)
- Battle of HolowczynBattle of HolowczynThe Battle of Holowczyn or Golovchin was fought between the Russian army, led by Field Marshal Boris Sheremetyev, and the Swedish army, led by Charles XII of Sweden, only 26 years of age at the time. Despite difficult natural obstacles and superior enemy artillery, the Swedes were able to achieve...
(July 4, 1708) - Battle of LesnayaBattle of LesnayaThe Battle of Lesnaya , was one of the major battles of the Great Northern War. It took place on September 28, 1708 / September 29, 1708 / October 9, 1708 between a Russian army of 18,000 men commanded by the Princes Repnin and Menshikov, and a Swedish force of about 13,000 men, under the...
(September 29, 1708) - Battle of PoltavaBattle of PoltavaThe Battle of Poltava on 27 June 1709 was the decisive victory of Peter I of Russia over the Swedish forces under Field Marshal Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld in one of the battles of the Great Northern War. It is widely believed to have been the beginning of Sweden's decline as a Great Power; the...
(June 28, 1709) - Battle of HelsingborgBattle of HelsingborgThe Battle of Helsingborg was fought in 1362 between Danish and Hanseatic fleets. The fleets met on Øresund near Helsingborg, where the sound is most narrow. The Danish were led by Valdemar Atterdag. The Danish were victorious...
(February 28, 1710) - Battle of GadebuschBattle of GadebuschThe Battle of Gadebusch was Sweden's final great victory in the Great Northern War. It was fought by the Swedes to prevent the loss of the city of Stralsund to Danish and Saxon forces.- Prelude :...
(December 9, 1712) - Battle of PälkäneBattle of PälkäneThe Battle of Pälkäne, sometimes called the Battle at Kostianvirta or Battle on the Pialkiane River was fought between the Russian army under Admiral Fyodor Apraksin and the defending Finnish army of Sweden under General Carl Gustaf Armfeldt on October 17, 1713, as part of the Great Northern War...
(October 6, 1713) - Battle of StorkyroBattle of StorkyroThe Battle of Storkyro was fought on February 19, 1714 / March 2, 1714 near the village of Napo in Storkyro parish , Ostrobothnia, Swedish Empire between a Swedish and a Russian army, as part of the Great Northern War....
(February 19, 1714)# - Battle of Stralsund (October 9, 1715)Battle of Stralsund (1715)The Siege of Stralsund was a battle during the Great Northern War. The Swedish Empire defended her Swedish Pomeranian port of Stralsund against a coalition of Denmark-Norway, the Electorate of Saxony and the Tsardom of Russia, which was joined by Brandenburg-Prussia during the siege.A first attempt...
- Battle of StäketBattle of StäketThe Battle of Stäket was a minor battle during the Great Northern War. A probing Russian force, circumventing Vaxholm Castle, attempted to pass through Baggensstäket, a very narrow passage in the Stockholm archipelago...
(August 13, 1719)
- The Hats' Russian War or Hattarnas ryska krig (1741-1743)
- Battle of VillmanstrandBattle of VillmanstrandThe battle of Villmanstrand was fought during the Russo-Swedish War on August 23, 1741, when Russian forces, under the command of General Peter von Lacy, assaulted Villmanstrand . Fighting began around 2 pm but the Swedes withdrew already at 5 pm. Swedish casualties amounted to 2,000 men killed or...
(August 23, 1741)
- Battle of Villmanstrand
- The Seven Years' WarSeven Years' WarThe Seven Years' War was a global military war between 1756 and 1763, involving most of the great powers of the time and affecting Europe, North America, Central America, the West African coast, India, and the Philippines...
or Pommerska kriget (1757-1762)- Battle of TornowBattle of TornowThe Battle of Tornow was part of the Seven Years War and was fought between the forces of Prussia and Sweden on 26 September 1758.The Prussians sent 6,000 men, led by general Wedel to protect Berlin. Wedel attacked aggressively and let his cavalry attack a Swedish force of some 600 men at Tornow...
(September 26, 1758) - Battle of FehrbellinBattle of FehrbellinThe Battle of Fehrbellin was fought on June 18, 1675 between Swedish and Brandenburg-Prussian troops. The Swedes, under Count Waldemar von Wrangel , had invaded and occupied parts of Brandenburg from their possessions in Pomerania, but were repelled by the forces of Frederick William, the Great...
(September 28, 1758) - Battle of Neu Kahlen (January 2, 1759)
- Battle of Tornow
- Gustav III's Russian War or Gustav III:s ryska krig (1788-1790)
- Battle of Kvistrum (September 29, 1788)
- First Battle of Porrassalmi (June 13, 1789)
- Second Battle of Porrassalmi (June 19, 1789)
- Battle of Uttismalm (June 28, 1789)
- Battle of Kaipas (July 15, 1789)
- Battle of Parkumäki (July 21, 1789)
- Battle of ValkealaBattle of ValkealaBattle of Valkeala took place in Gustav III's Russian War April 29, 1790 at Valkeala in Kymi in Southern Finland and ended with a Swedish victory.- Context :...
(April 29, 1790) - Battle of Korhois (1790)
- Battle of Keltis barracker (May 19-20 , 1790)
- Battle of Savitaipale (June 4, 1790)
- The First War against NapoleonFirst War against NapoleonThe Pomeranian War or the First War against Napoleon, was the first involvement by Sweden in the Napoleonic Wars when the country joined the Third Coalition to assist in the overthrow of Napoleon.-Background:...
or Första kriget mot Napoleon (1805-1810)- Battle of LübeckBattle of LübeckThe Battle of Lübeck took place on 6 November 1806 in Lübeck, Germany between soldiers of the Kingdom of Prussia led by Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher and troops of the First French Empire under Marshals Joachim Murat, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, and Nicolas Soult...
(November 6, 1806) - Battle of Stralsund (April 1, 1807)
- Battle of Ueckermünde (April 17, 1807)
- Battle of Prestebakke (June 10, 1808)
- Battle of Lübeck
- The Finnish WarFinnish WarThe Finnish War was fought between Sweden and the Russian Empire from February 1808 to September 1809. As a result of the war, the eastern third of Sweden was established as the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland within the Russian Empire...
or Finska kriget (1808-1809)- Battle of SiikajokiBattle of SiikajokiThe Battle of Siikajoki was fought between Swedish and Russian troops on April 18, 1808 at Siikajoki, near Oulu, Finland. During the first stage of the Finnish War the Swedish commander Wilhelm Mauritz Klingspor had decided to retreat from southern Finland, so that the Swedes would gain time, and...
(April 18, 1808) - Battle of RevolaxBattle of Revolaxthumb|left|250px|The Battle of RevolaxThe Battle of Revolax took place on April 27, 1808 at Revonlahti, in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland, when the Swedish supreme commander Wilhelm Mauritz Klingspor and the Savolax brigade under colonel Johan Adam Cronstedt, a total of about 2,250 Swedes...
(April 27, 1808) - Battle of PulkkilaBattle of PulkkilaThe Battle of Pulkkila was fought between Swedish and Russian forces near Pulkkila in Northern Ostrobothnia on May 2, 1808 during the Finnish War....
(May 1, 1808) - Battle of NykarlebyBattle of NykarlebyThe Battle of Nykarleby was fought between Sweden and Russia during the Finnish War 1808–1809.When Carl Johan Adlercreutz continued his summer offensive, he saw an excellent opportunity to encircle the Russian main army at the town of Nykarleby...
(June 24, 1808) - Battle of Lappo (July 14, 1808)
- Battle of KauhajokiBattle of KauhajokiThe Battle of Kauhajoki was fought between Swedish and Russian troops on August 10, 1808. After the important Swedish victory at the Battle of Lapua the force under the command of Georg Carl von Döbeln defeated a Russian force near Kauhajoki, Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland....
(August 10, 1808) - Battle of AlavusBattle of AlavusThe Battle of Alavus took place on August 17, 1808 in the vicinity of the town of Alavus , as part of the Finnish War. The Finnish army, under the command of general Carl Johan Adlercreutz defeated a smaller Russian force and drove it southwards...
(August 17, 1808) - Battle of Karstula (August 21, 1808)
- Battle of Ruona (September 1, 1808)
- Battle of JutasBattle of JutasThe Battle of Jutas was fought on September 13, 1808 between Swedish and Russian troops south of Nykarleby in Ostrobothnia, Finland. Before the battle the Swedish army was in retreat after the campaign of the previous summer. The main Swedish force was retreating from Vaasa to Nykarleby...
(September 13, 1808) - Battle of OravaisBattle of OravaisThe Battle of Oravais is sometimes regarded as the turning point of the Finnish War: the last chance for Sweden to turn the war to her advantage...
(September 14, 1808) - Battle of KoljonvirtaBattle of KoljonvirtaThe Battle of Koljonvirta was fought between Swedish and Russian troops on October 27, 1808. After the main Swedish army had been defeated at the Battle of Oravais the army under Johan August Sandels in Savonia had to retreat in order not to be outflanked by the Russians...
(October 27, 1808) - Battle of Hörnefors (July 2, 1809)
- Battle of Sävar (August 19, 1809)
- Battle of Ratan (August 20, 1809)
- Battle of Siikajoki
- The War against England or Kriget mot England (1810-1812)
- No major battles
- The Second War against Napoleon or Andra kriget mot Napoleon (1813-1814)
- Battle of GrossbeerenBattle of GrossbeerenIn the Battles of Großbeeren and neighboring Blankenfield and Sputendorf an allied Prussian-Swedish army under Crown Prince Charles John - formerly Marshal of France Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte - defeated the French under Marshal Oudinot...
(August 23, 1813) - Battle of DennewitzBattle of DennewitzThe Battle of Dennewitz took place on 6 September 1813 between the forces of the First French Empire and an army of Prussians and Russians of the Sixth Coalition. It occurred in Dennewitz, a village of Germany, in the Prussian province of Brandenburg, near Jüterbog, 40 km. S.W...
(September 6, 1813) - Battle of LeipzigBattle of LeipzigThe Battle of Leipzig or Battle of the Nations, on 16–19 October 1813, was fought by the coalition armies of Russia, Prussia, Austria and Sweden against the French army of Napoleon. Napoleon's army also contained Polish and Italian troops as well as Germans from the Confederation of the Rhine...
(October 18-19 , 1813) - Battle of Bornhöved (1813)Battle of Bornhöved (1813)The Battle of Bornhöved or Bornhöft was a battle on 7 December 1813 between a Swedish cavalry regiment under Bror Cederström and Prince Frederik of Hesse's Danish troops reinforced by smaller numbers of Polish cavalry and German infantry. The clash occurred at the small village of Bornhöft in what...
(December 7, 1813)
- Battle of Grossbeeren
- The Swedish-Norwegian War or Fälttåget mot Norge (1814)
- Battle of LierBattle of LierThe Battle of Lier was fought on 2 August 1814 between Sweden and the newly independent Norway as part of the Swedish-Norwegian War of 1814. The battle was the first major action of the war, and the Norwegian victory served as an important part to boost morale among the Norwegian troops...
(August 2, 1814) - Battle of Midtskog (August 5, 1814)
- Battle of Kjölbergs bro (August 14, 1814)
- Battle of Lier