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Conflict Sweden & its Allies Sweden's opposition Outcome Swedish–Gothic wars (500–800) Location: Sweden Svealand: Geats: Consolidation of Swedes and Goths into a unified kingdom.
Sten Sture's war against the Totts; Swedish Civil War (1438–1439) Swedish conflicts with the Teutonic Order (1472–1488) Swedish expedition to Courland (854) Swedish expedition to Livonia; Swedish War of Liberation; Swedish–Geatish wars; Swedish–Norwegian War; Swedish–Novgorodian Wars; Swedish–Algerian war of 1791–1792; Swedish ...
Sweden emerged as a great European power under Axel Oxenstierna and King Gustavus Adolphus.As a result of acquiring territories seized from Russia and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, as well as its involvement in the Thirty Years' War, Sweden found itself transformed into the leader of Protestantism.
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.
The conflict, lasting from 1611 to 1613, was fought between Denmark–Norway and the Kingdom of Sweden. The Kalmar War was a war between Sweden and Denmark 1611 to 1613. Sweden sought an alternative trade route to avoid paying Denmark's Sound Toll through Northern Norway. This was not to Denmark's liking and they invaded southern Sweden.
From 1611 to 1721, Sweden was a European great power, becoming a dominant faction in the quest for control of the Baltic Sea and a formidable military power. [1] During this period, known as Stormaktstiden (Swedish: "The Great Power Era"), the Swedish Empire held a territory more than twice the size of its modern borders and one of the most successful military forces at the time, proving ...
This is a list of wars between Denmark and Sweden. Broadly construed, it may refer to one of multiple wars which took place between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Kingdom of Denmark (from 1450 in personal union with the Kingdom of Norway ) up to 1814:
This category includes historical battles in which modern Kingdom of Sweden (1521–present) participated. ... Battles of the Dano-Swedish War (1658–1660) (1 C) F.