List of Swedish battles

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This is a list of major (land) battles and operations fought by Sweden between 1521 and 1814:

• The Swedish War of Liberation or Befrielsekriget (1521-1523)
  • (first half of April 1521)
  • Battle of Västerås (April 29, 1521)
  • (May 27, 1523)
  • (June 16-17, 1523)
• The or Danska Grevefejden (1534-1536)
  • (October 31, 1534)
  • (January, 1535)
• The Great Russian War or Stora ryska kriget (1554-1557)
  • (March 11, 1555)
  • (September 15-29, 1555)
  • (January 21-25, 1556)
• The Northern Seven Years' War or Nordiska sjuårskriget (1563-1570)
  • (September 4, 1563)
  • (November 9, 1563)
  • (June 9, 1565)
  • (August 15, 1565)
  • (August 28, 1565)
  • Battle of Axtorna (October 20, 1565)
  • (February 3, 1567)
  • (June 9, 1565)
  • (December 4, 1569)
• The Livonian War or Första polska kriget (1563-1568)
  • (June 9, 1565)
  • (August 15, 1565)
  • (February 3, 1567)
  • (August 11, 1568)
• The or 25-årskriget mot Ryssland (1570-1595)
  • (March, 1571)
  • (January 1, 1573)
  • (January 23, 1573)
  • Battle of Wenden (October 21, 1578)
  • (November 4, 1580)
  • (September 6, 1581)
• The War against Sigismund or Kriget mot Sigismund (1598-1599)
  • Battle of Stegeborg (September 8, 1598)
  • Battle of Stångebro (September 25, 1598)
• The Polish War or Andra polska kriget (1600-1629)
  • Battle of Kokenhausen (June 17, 1601)
  • (September 15, 1604)
  • Battle of Kircholm (September 17, 1605)
  • (September 15, 1621)
  • Battle of Wallhof (January 8, 1626)
  • (September 21, 1626)
  • (April 13, 1627)
  • (August 8, 1627)
  • Battle of Danzig (June 16, 1628)
  • (October 14, 1628)
  • (February 2, 1629)
• The De la Gardie Campaign or De la Gardieska fälttåget (1609-1610)
  • (May 15, 1609)
  • (June 17, 1609)
  • (July 13, 1609)
  • (July 15, 1609)
  • (August 18, 1609)
  • (October 28, 1609)
  • (April, 1610)
  • (June 24, 1610)
• The Ingrian War or Ingermanländska kriget (1610-1617)
  • (July 15, 1611)
  • (July 14, 1614)
  • (October 9, 1615)
• The Kalmar War or Kalmarkriget (1611-1613)
  • (August 3, 1611)
  • (May 24, 1612)
• The Thirty Years' War or Trettioåriga kriget (1630-1648)
  • (December 25, 1630)
  • (April 3, 1631)
  • Conquest of Magdeburg (May 10, 1631)
  • Battle of Breitenfeld (September 7, 1631)
  • Battle of Rain (April 5, 1632)
  • (August 24, 1632)
  • Battle of Lützen (November 6, 1632)
  • (June 28, 1633)
  • Battle of Pfaffenhofen (August 1, 1633)
  • (September 27, 1633)
  • Battle of Nördlingen (August 27, 1634)
  • (October 22, 1635)
  • Battle of Wittstock (September 24, 1636)
  • (April 4, 1639)
  • Battle of Wolfenbüttel (June 19, 1641)
  • (May 21, 1642)
  • Battle of Breitenfeld (October 23, 1642)
  • Battle of Jüterbog (November 23, 1644)
  • Battle of Magdeburg (December 23, 1644)
  • Battle of Jankau (February 23, 1645)
  • Battle of Zusmarshausen (May 7, 1648)
• The Torstenson War or Torstensonkriget (1643-1645)
  • (January 9, 1644)
  • (December 22, 1644)
• The or Första bremiska kriget (1654)
  • No major battles
• The Northern Wars or Nordiska krigen (1655-1661)
  • Battle of Sobota (August 23, 1655)
  • Battle of Zarnow (September 6, 1655)
  • Battle of Nowy Dwor (September 20, 1655)
  • Battle of Wojnicz (September 23, 1655)
  • Battle of Radom (February 2, 1656)
  • (February 8, 1656)
  • Battle of Warka (March 28, 1656)
  • (April 27, 1656)
  • Battle of Warszawa (June 18-20, 1656)
  • (July, 1656)
  • (September 28, 1656)
  • (October 12, 1656)
  • Battle of Konitz (December 23, 1656)
  • (July 8, 1657)
  • (July 18, 1657)
  • (August 1, 1657)
  • (August 31, 1657)
  • (September 25, 1657)
  • (October 3, 1657)
  • (October 24, 1657)
  • (January 30, 1658)
  • March over the both Belts (January 30-February 10, 1658)
  • (September 6, 1658)
  • Assault of Copenhagen (February 11, 1659)
  • (November 14, 1659)
• The or Andra bremiska kriget (1666)
  • No major battles
• The Scanian War or Skånska kriget (1674-1679)
  • (June 15, 1675)
  • Battle of Fehrbellin (June 18, 1675)
  • Battle of Halmstad (August 17, 1676)
  • Battle of Lund (December 4, 1676)
  • Battle of Landskrona (July 14, 1677)
  • (January 8, 1678)
  • Battle of Uddevalla (August 28, 1678)
• The Great Northern War or Stora nordiska kriget (1700-1721)
  • (November 17, 1700)
  • Battle of Narva (November 20, 1700)
  • Crossing of Daugava (July 9, 1701)
  • (September 5, 1701)
  • Battle of Erastfer (December 30, 1701)
  • Battle of Klissow (July 9, 1702)
  • (July 19, 1702)
  • (March 19, 1703)
  • Battle of Pulutsk (April 21, 1703)
  • (July 9, 1703)
  • Battle of Wesenberg (June 16, 1704)
  • Battle of Jakobstadt (July 26, 1704)
  • Battle of Posen (Poznań) (August 9, 1704)
  • Battle of Punitz (October 28, 1704)
  • Battle of Gemäuerthof (July 16, 1705)
  • (July 21, 1705)
  • Battle of Fraustadt (February 3, 1706)
  • Battle of Kalish (October 19, 1706)
  • Battle of Holowczyn (July 4, 1708)
  • Battle of Lesnaya (September 29, 1708)
  • Battle of Poltava (June 28, 1709)
  • Battle of Helsingborg (February 28, 1710)
  • Battle of Gadebusch (December 9, 1712)
  • Battle of Pälkäne (October 6, 1713)
  • Battle of Storkyro (February 19, 1714)
  • Battle of Stäket (August 13, 1719)
• The Hats' Russian War or Hattarnas ryska krig (1741-1743)
  • Battle of Villmanstrand (August 23, 1741)
• The Seven Years' War or Pommerska kriget (1757-1762)
  • Battle of Tornow (September 26, 1758)
  • Battle of Fehrbellin (September 28, 1758)
  • (January 2, 1759)
• Gustav III's Russian War or Gustav III:s ryska krig (1788-1790)
  • (September 29, 1788)
  • (June 13, 1789)
  • (June 19, 1789)
  • (June 28, 1789)
  • (July 15, 1789)
  • (July 21, 1789)
  • (April 29, 1790)
  • (1790)
  • (May 19-20, 1790)
  • (June 4, 1790)
• The First War against Napoleon or Första kriget mot Napoleon (1805-1810)
  • Battle of Lübeck (November 6, 1806)
  • Battle of Stralsund (April 1, 1807)
  • (April 17, 1807)
  • (June 10, 1808)
• The Finnish War or Finska kriget (1808-1809)
  • Battle of Siikajoki (April 18, 1808)
  • Battle of Revolax (April 27, 1808)
  • Battle of Pulkkila (May 1, 1808)
  • Battle of Nykarleby (June 24, 1808)
  • (July 14, 1808)
  • Battle of Kauhajoki (August 10, 1808)
  • Battle of Alavus (August 17, 1808)
  • (August 21, 1808)
  • (September 1, 1808)
  • Battle of Jutas (September 13, 1808)
  • Battle of Oravais (September 14, 1808)
  • Battle of Koljonvirta (October 27, 1808)
  • (July 2, 1809)
  • Battle of Sävar (August 19, 1809)
  • Battle of Ratan (August 20, 1809)
• The War against England or Kriget mot England (1810-1812)
  • No major battles
• The Second War against Napoleon or Andra kriget mot Napoleon (1813-1814)
  • Battle of Grossbeeren (August 23, 1813)
  • Battle of Dennewitz (September 6, 1813)
  • Battle of Leipzig (October 18-19, 1813)
  • (December 7, 1813)
• The Campaign against Norway or Fälttåget mot Norge (1814)
  • Battle of Lier (August 2, 1814)
  • (August 5, 1814)
  • (August 14, 1814)

See also

• List of Swedish monarchs
• List of Swedish military commanders
• List of Swedish Field Marshals
• List of Swedish politicians
• List of Swedish regiments
• List of Swedish wars
• List of wars
• List of battles
• Lands of Sweden
• Provinces of Sweden
• Dominions of Sweden

References

Print

• Sundberg, Ulf (1998). Svenska krig 1521-1814. Stockholm: Hjalmarson & Högberg. ISBN 91-89660-10-2