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Livonian War: Kingdom of Sweden Livonian Confederation Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Denmark–Norway Zaporozhian Cossacks Principality of Transylvania (after 1577) [12] Tsardom of Russia. Kingdom of Livonia. Swedish allied victory: 1590–1595 Russo-Swedish War (1590–1595) Kingdom of Sweden: Tsardom of Russia: Disputed: 1610–1617 Ingrian ...
Between 1570 and 1800, Sweden experienced two periods of urban expansion. Finland was lost to Russia in a war in 1808–1809. In the early 19th century, Finland and the remaining territories outside the Scandinavian Peninsula were lost. Sweden's last war was the Swedish–Norwegian War (1814). Sweden was victorious in this war, leading to the ...
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.
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.
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 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 ...
During the War of the First Coalition Denmark-Norway and Sweden had remained neutral. The two Nordic countries also intended to follow this policy during the War of the Second Coalition and had in 1800, together with Prussia and Russia, formed the Second League of Armed Neutrality in order to protect their neutral shipping against the British policy of unlimited search of neutral shipping for ...
Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611) Continuation of the War against Sigismund. Truce signed in 1611. Disputed: Polish–Swedish War (1617–1618) Phase of the longer Polish–Swedish War (1600–1629). Truce in 1618 Swedish victory: Polish–Swedish War (1621–1625) Phase of the longer Polish–Swedish War (1600–1629). Truce of Mitawa ...