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Kingdom of Sweden: Novgorod Republic: Novgorodian victory: 1311–1314 Häme War [3] Kingdom of Sweden: Novgorod Republic: Inconclusive: 1318 Attack on Åbo: Kingdom of Sweden: Novgorod Republic: Inconclusive: 1321–1323 Kexholm War: Kingdom of Sweden: Novgorod Republic: Inconclusive. Treaty of Nöteborg; 1338–1339 Sten Bielke's war against ...
As a result of Sweden's defeat in the Finnish War and the Pomeranian War, and the following Treaty of Fredrikshamn and Treaty of Paris, Sweden declared war on the UK. The bloodless war, however, existed only on paper, and the UK was still not hindered in stationing ships at the Swedish island of Hanö and trade with the Baltic states.
King Gustaf V giving the Courtyard Speech. Rearmament was a special concern in Sweden because of the growing tensions in Europe.When Karl Staaff's government proposed a reduction in military spending and the cancellation of the order for the coastal defence ships that were later known as the Sverige-class coastal defence ship, more than 30,000 Swedish farmers marched to Stockholm to protest in ...
Sweden first entered the war in 1808 following a declaration of war from Denmark-Norway. Gustav IV Adolf was deposed by a coup d'etat on 9 March 1809, and Charles XIII was appointed king. Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte was originally in French service, but was in 1810 elected crown prince of Sweden.
Here, Charles was eventually able to persuade the Sultan Ahmed III to declare war on Russia. Backed by a Turkish army of 200,000 men, Charles led the Turks into the Russo-Turkish War (1710–1711). Before Charles could give battle, though, Peter was able to bribe the Turkish vizier to peace; with this, Charles's ambitions to invade Russia were ...
The war led to Denmark–Norway declaring war on Sweden, but peace was eventually signed on 9 July 1789 after diplomatic intervention by Great Britain and Prussia. During the Russo-Swedish War of 1788–1790, Sweden attempted to prevent Russian ships from cutting off coastal sea routes by building fortifications at Hangö and on its surrounding ...
In 1803, the United Kingdom had declared war on France, and Sweden remained neutral, together with Denmark–Norway and Prussia.However, after the execution of Louis-Antoine-Henri de Bourbon-Condé in 1804, the Swedish government broke all diplomatic ties with France and concluded a convention to allow the British to use Swedish Pomerania as a military base against France in exchange for payments.
Sweden adopted a policy of neutrality following the loss of a large amount of its territory (including Finland) to the Russian Empire during the Napoleonic Wars in 1812. [2] Since 1814, Sweden has not formally declared war, [3] and the country remained neutral even during World War I and World War II. [4]