List of Swedish battles

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)
** Battle of Brunbäcks färja (first half of April 1521)
** Battle of Västerås (April 29, 1521)
** Conquest of Kalmar (May 27, 1523)
** Conquest of Stockholm (June 16-17, 1523)
* The Danish Count Feud or "Danska Grevefejden" (1534-1536)
** Conquest of Halmstad (October 31, 1534)
** Battle of Helsingborg (January, 1535)
* The Great Russian War or "Stora ryska kriget" (1554-1557)
** Battle of Kivinäbb (March 11, 1555)
** Assault of Nöteborg (September 15-29, 1555)
** Assault of Viborg (January 21-25, 1556)
* The Northern Seven Years' War or "Nordiska sjuårskriget" (1563-1570)
** Capitulation of Älvsborg (September 4, 1563)
** Battle of Marred (November 9, 1563)
** Conquest of Pernau (June 9, 1565)
** Battle of Obermühlenberg (August 15, 1565)
** Conquest of Varberg (August 28, 1565)
** Battle of Axtorna (October 20, 1565)
** Battle of Runafer (February 3, 1567)
** Fall of Pernau (June 9, 1565)
** Capitulation of Varberg (December 4, 1569)
* The Livonian War or "Första polska kriget" (1563-1568)
** Fall of Pernau (June 9, 1565)
** Battle of Obermühlenberg (August 15, 1565)
** Battle of Runafer (February 3, 1567)
** Conquest of Sonnenburg (August 11, 1568)
* The Russian Twenty-five Years' War or "25-årskriget mot Ryssland" (1570-1595)
** Battle of Ubagall (March, 1571)
** Conquest of Weissenstein (January 1, 1573)
** Battle of Lode (January 23, 1573)
** Battle of Wenden (October 21, 1578)
** Conquest of Kexholm (November 4, 1580)
** Conquest of Narva (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)
** Battle of Weissenstein (September 15, 1604)
** Battle of Kircholm (September 17, 1605)
** Conquest of Riga (September 15, 1621)
** Battle of Wallhof (January 8, 1626)
** Battle of Mewe (September 21, 1626)
** Battle of Hammerstein (April 13, 1627)
** Battle of Dirschau (August 8, 1627)
** Battle of Danzig (June 16, 1628)
** Battle of Osterode (October 14, 1628)
** Battle of Gurzno (Februari 2, 1629)
* The De la Gardie Campaign or "De la Gardieska fälttåget" (1609-1610)
** Battle of Kamenka (May 15, 1609)
** Battle of Torzhok (June 17, 1609)
** Battle of Tver (July 13, 1609)
** Battle of Tver (July 15, 1609)
** Battle of Kaljazin (August 18, 1609)
** Battle of Troitsko (October 28, 1609)
** Battle of Rzjov (April, 1610)
** Battle of Klusina (June 24, 1610)
* The Ingrian War or "Ingermanländska kriget" (1610-1617)
** Conquest of Novgorod (July 15, 1611)
** Battle of Bronnicy (July 14, 1614)
** Assault of Pskov (October 9, 1615)
* The Kalmar War or "Kalmarkriget" (1611-1613)
** Conquest of Kalmar slott (August 3, 1611)
** Conquest of Älvsborg (May 24, 1612)
* The Thirty Years' War or "Trettioåriga kriget" (1630-1648)
** Battle of Marwitz (December 25, 1630)
** Conquest of Frankfurt am der Oder (April 3, 1631)
** Conquest of Magdeburg (May 10, 1631)
** Battle of Breitenfeld (September 7, 1631)
** Battle of Rain (April 5, 1632)
** Battle of Nürnberg (August 24, 1632)
** Battle of Lützen (November 6, 1632)
** Battle of Oldendorf (June 28, 1633)
** Battle of Pfaffenhofen (August 1, 1633)
** Battle of Steinau (September 27, 1633)
** Battle of Nördlingen (August 27, 1634)
** Battle of Dömitz (October 22, 1635)
** Battle of Wittstock (September 24, 1636)
** Battle of Chemnitz (April 4, 1639)
** Battle of Wolfenbüttel (June 19, 1641)
** Battle of Schweidnitz (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)
** Battle of Kolding (1644) (January 9, 1644)
** Battle on the frozen Bysjö (December 22, 1644)
* The First Bremian War 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)
** Battle of Golomb (February 8, 1656)
** Battle of Warka (March 28, 1656)
** Battle of Gnesen (April 27, 1656)
** Battle of Warszawa (June 18-20, 1656)
** Battle of Rautu kyrka (July, 1656)
** Battle of Lyck (September 28, 1656)
** Battle of Filippovo (October 12, 1656)
** Battle of Konitz (December 23, 1656)
** Battle of Walk (July 8, 1657)
** Battle of Ängelholm (July 18, 1657)
** Assault of Lava (August 1, 1657)
** Battle of Genevadsbro (August 31, 1657)
** Battle of Hjärtum (September 25, 1657)
** Battle of Kattarp (October 3, 1657)
** Conquest of Fredriksodde (October 24, 1657)
** Battle of Tybrindvig (January 30, 1658)
** March over the both Belts (January 30-February 10, 1658)
** Conquest of Kronborg (September 6, 1658)
** Assault of Copenhagen (February 11, 1659)
** Battle of Nyborg (November 14, 1659)
* The Second Bremian War or "Andra bremiska kriget" (1666)
** No major battles
* The Scanian War or "Skånska kriget" (1674-1679)
** Battle of Rathenow (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)
** Battle of Warksow (January 8, 1678)
** Battle of Uddevalla (August 28, 1678)
* The Great Northern War or "Stora nordiska kriget" (1700-1721)
** Battle of Pühhajoggi (November 17, 1700)
** Battle of Narva (November 20, 1700)
** Crossing of Daugava (July 9, 1701)
** Battle of Rauge (September 5, 1701)
** Battle of Erastfer (December 30, 1701)
** Battle of Klissow (July 9, 1702)
** Battle of Hummelshof (July 19, 1702)
** Battle of Saladen (March 19, 1703)
** Battle of Pulutsk (April 21, 1703)
** Battle of Systerbäck (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)
** Battle of Rakowitz (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)
** Battle of Neu Kahlen (January 2, 1759)
* Gustav III's Russian War or "Gustav III:s ryska krig" (1788-1790)
** Battle of Kvistrum (September 29, 1788)
** First Battle of Porrassalmi (June 13, 1789)
** Second Battle of Porrassalmi (June 19, 1789)
** Battle of Uttismalm (June 28, 1789)
** Battle of Kaipas (July 15, 1789)
** Battle of Parkumäki (July 21, 1789)
** Battle of Valkeala (April 29, 1790)
** Battle of Korhois (1790)
** Battle of Keltis barracker (May 19-20, 1790)
** Battle of Savitaipale (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)
** Battle of Ückermünde (April 17, 1807)
** Battle of Prestebakke (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)
** Battle of Lappo (July 14, 1808)
** Battle of Kauhajoki (August 10, 1808)
** Battle of Alavus (August 17, 1808)
** Battle of Karstula (August 21, 1808)
** Battle of Ruona (September 1, 1808)
** Battle of Jutas (September 13, 1808)
** Battle of Oravais (September 14, 1808)
** Battle of Koljonvirta (October 27, 1808)
** Battle of Hörnefors (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)
** Battle of Bornhöved (1813) (December 7, 1813)
* The Campaign against Norway or "Fälttåget mot Norge" (1814)
** Battle of Lier (August 2, 1814)
** Battle of Midtskog (August 5, 1814)
** Battle of Kjölbergs bro (August 14, 1814)

ee 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