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The Russo-Swedish War of 1788–90, known as Gustav III's Russian War in Sweden and as Catherine II's Swedish War in Russia, was fought between Sweden and Russia from June 1788 to August 1790. The conflict was initiated by King Gustav III of Sweden for domestic political reasons, as he believed that a short war would leave the opposition no ...
Swedish–Gothic wars (500–800) Location: Sweden. Svealand: Geats: Consolidation of Swedes and Goths into a unified kingdom. Swedish slave revolts (500s) Location: Sweden. Svealand: Thralls: Slaves depose the king of Sweden and win their freedom. Ingvars raid of Estonia (600s) Location: Estonia. Svealand: Estonians: Estonian Victory [1 ...
Sweden Poland–Lithuania Holy Roman Empire Treaty of Altmark: Swedish victory Thirty Years War: Sweden France Holy Roman Empire Treaty of Westphalia: Franco–Swedish victory [7] Wismar, Wollin, Western Pomerania, and Bremen-Verden ceded to Sweden; Torstenson War: Sweden Denmark Holy Roman Empire Second Treaty of Brömsebro (1645) Swedish victory
Sweden Denmark Danish Victory Battle of Fýrisvellir, 986 [2] Sweden Denmark Jomsvikings Swedish victory Eric the Victorious' invasion of Denmark, 990s [3] [a] Sweden Poland Denmark Swedish victory Olof Skötkonung's attack for the Danish throne, c. 995–999 [b] Sweden Denmark Swedish Victory Battle of Helgeå, 1026 Sweden Norway Denmark England
On 9 August, Denmark and Lübeck declared war on Sweden, [15] [1] and on 5 October Denmark and Poland signed an alliance pact, although the Poles never sent an official declaration of war to the Swedes. [1] When the war began, Svante Sture was the governor of Swedish Estonia [16] [17] and Charles de Mornay held command of the Swedish troops ...
The Swedish War of Liberation (1521–1523; Swedish: Befrielsekriget, lit. 'The Liberation War'), also known as Gustav Vasa's Rebellion and the Swedish War of Secession, was a significant historical event in Sweden. Gustav Vasa, a nobleman, led a rebellion and civil war against King Christian II.
The Swedish eastern policy had become very passive because of the long fight between the Swedish king, Birger Magnusson, and his brothers Eric and Valdemar which had plagued Sweden since 1304. However, in 1311, the Novgorodians attack Finland and thus began a new conflict between Sweden and Novgorod.
The Swedish wars on Bremen were fought between the Swedish Empire and the Hanseatic town of Bremen in 1654 and 1666. Bremen claimed to be subject to the Holy Roman Emperor, maintaining Imperial immediacy, while Sweden claimed Bremen to be a mediatised part of her dominions of Bremen-Verden, themselves territories immediately beneath the emperor ...