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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 ...
Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) [67] Location: Finland, Baltic Sea, Sweden. Sweden Russian Empire Denmark-Norway(1788–1789) [79] Favourable outcome for Sweden; Status quo ante bellum: 3000 Swedish–Algerian war of 1791–1792 (1791–1792) Location: Mediterranean. Sweden: Regency of Algiers Ottoman Empire (De-jure) Sweden agrees to pay ...
After five years away, Charles arrived in Sweden to find his homeland at war with Russia, Saxony, Hannover, Great Britain and Denmark. Sweden's western enemies attacked southern and western Sweden while Russian forces traveled across Finland to attack the Stockholm district. For the first time, Sweden found itself in a defensive war.
Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743) Sweden: Russian Empire. Kingdom of Finland; Russian victory: 1788-1790 Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) Sweden: Russian Empire Denmark–Norway. Inconclusive, favourable outcome for Sweden: 1808–1809 Finnish War Sweden: Russian Empire: Russian victory
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–Norwegian War (1063)
War Sweden and allies Denmark and allies Treaty Result Northern Seven Years' War, 1563–1570. See also Livonian War: Sweden Denmark-Norway, Lübeck, Poland-Lithuania Treaty of Stettin (1570) Stalemate Kalmar War, 1611–1613 Sweden Denmark-Norway Treaty of Knäred: Danish Victory Torstenson War, 1643–1645. Known in Norway as the Hannibal War ...
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.
Sweden maintained its policy of neutrality during World War II.When the war began on 1 September 1939, the fate of Sweden was unclear. But by a combination of its geopolitical location in the Scandinavian Peninsula, realpolitik maneuvering during an unpredictable course of events, and a dedicated military build-up after 1942, Sweden kept its official neutrality status throughout the war.