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The relations between Denmark and Sweden [1] span a long history of interaction. The inhabitants of each speak related North Germanic languages, which have a degree of mutual intelligibility. Both countries formed part of the Kalmar Union between 1397 and 1523, but there exists an inherited cultural competition between Sweden and Denmark. From ...
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:
Queen Margaret I of Denmark created the Kalmar Union (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) under her rule with Sweden joining voluntarily. After a few years, however, secessionist movements arose among the Swedish noble's council, led by Karl Knutsson Bonde. Sweden became independent and was then re-occupied by Denmark, only to gain its independence again.
The Dano-Swedish War of 1813–1814 [5] also referred to as Charles John’s campaign against Denmark, or as the War for Norway (Danish: Kampen om Norge) [6] [7] was the Coalition campaign against Denmark-Norway led by the Swedish crown prince Charles John, and it was the last major conflict between Denmark and Sweden.
The Dano-Swedish War of 1658–1660 was a war between Denmark–Norway and Sweden, with the former backed by the Dutch Republic and Poland.It is known in Denmark as the Second Karl Gustav War (Danish: Anden Karl Gustav-krig), in Norway as Bjelkes Feud (Norwegian: Bjelkefeiden) in Sweden as Karl Gustav's Second Danish War (Swedish: Karl Gustavs andra danska krig), and in the Netherlands as the ...
Dano-Swedish War (1501–1512), military conflict between Denmark and Sweden within the Kalmar Union; Dano-Swedish War (1512-1520), Danish invasion of Sweden ending with Christian II of Denmark becoming king of Sweden; Dano-Swedish War (1657–58), conflict between Sweden and Denmark–Norway during the Second Northern War
Anti-Islam activists in Denmark and Sweden have burnt and damaged several copies of the Koran in recent months, prompting outrage in the Muslim world and demands the Nordic governments ban such acts.
The Dano-Swedish War of 1657–1658, known in Denmark as the First Karl Gustav War (Danish: Første Karl Gustav-krig) in Norway as Krabbes Feud (Norwegian: Krabbefeiden) and in Sweden as Karl Gustav's First Danish War (Swedish: Karl Gustavs första danska krig), was a conflict between Sweden and Denmark–Norway during the Northern War of 1655–1660.