List of wars between Denmark and Sweden

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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:

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Mythological wars

Migration period

WarSweden and alliesDenmark and alliesResult
Swedish slave revolts c. 500SwedenDenmarkDanish Victory
Ohthere's Danish Raid, c. 520SwedenDenmarkDanish Victory
Battle of Brávellir 750sSwedenDenmarkSwedish victory

Viking Age

WarSweden and alliesDenmark and alliesResult
Anund Uppsale's raid of Sweden c. 800–850's [1] SwedenDenmarkDanish Victory
Battle of Fýrisvellir, 986 [2] SwedenDenmark JomsvikingsSwedish victory
Eric the Victorious' invasion of Denmark, 990s [3] [a] Sweden PolandDenmarkSwedish victory
Olof Skötkonung's attack for the Danish throne, c. 995–999 [b] SwedenDenmarkSwedish Victory
Battle of Helgeå, 1026Sweden NorwayDenmark EnglandDanish Victory
Battle of Stiklestad, 1030Sweden NorwayDenmarkDanish Victory
Swedish support for Magnus' invasion of Norway, 1035Sweden NorwayDenmarkSwedish Victory

Middle Ages

WarSweden and alliesDenmark and alliesResult
Svend III Grathe's Swedish raids, 1152–1154 [4] SwedenDenmarkDanish Victory
Battle of Lena, 1208SwedenDenmarkSwedish Victory
Battle of Gestilren, 1210SwedenDenmarkSwedish Victory
Battle of Hova, 1275SwedenDenmarkDanish Victory
6000-mark war, 1276–1278SwedenDenmarkDanish Victory
Battle of Mjölkalånga  [ sv ], 1318SwedenDenmarkSwedish Victory
Kalundborg War, 1341-1343Sweden-Norway HolsteinDenmark, Lübeck, Hamburg, Rostock, Wismar, Greifswald, and StralsundSwedish Victory
Valdemar Atterdag's invasion of Gotland, 1361SwedenDenmarkDanish Victory
Battle of Åsle, 1389SwedenDenmarkDanish Victory

Kalmar Union

WarSweden and alliesDenmark and alliesResult
Engelbrekt rebellion, 1434–1439SwedenKalmar UnionSwedish Victory
War for Norway 1448-1451SwedenDenmarkDanish Victory
Krummedige-Tre Rosor feud 1448–1502SwedenDenmarkDanish Victory
Dano-Swedish War (1449–1457) [5] SwedenKalmar UnionDanish Victory
Battle of Haraker 1464SwedenKalmar UnionSwedish Victory
Dano-Swedish War of 1470–1471 SwedenKalmar UnionSwedish Victory
Battle of Rotebro, 1497SwedenKalmar UnionDanish Victory
War of Deposition against King Hans 1501-1503SwedenKalmar UnionSwedish Victory
Alvsson Rebellion SwedenDenmarkDanish Victory
Dano-Swedish War of 1501–1512 Sweden, LübeckKalmar UnionDanish Victory
Dano-Swedish War of 1512–1520 SwedenKalmar UnionDanish Victory
Swedish War of Liberation 1521-1523Sweden, LübeckKalmar UnionSwedish Victory

Early modern period

WarSweden and alliesDenmark and alliesTreatyResult
Northern Seven Years' War, 1563–1570. See also Livonian War SwedenDenmark-Norway, Lübeck, Poland-Lithuania Treaty of Stettin (1570) Stalemate
Kalmar War, 1611–1613SwedenDenmark-Norway Treaty of Knäred Danish Victory
Torstenson War, 1643–1645. Known in Norway as the Hannibal War.SwedenDenmark-Norway Second Treaty of Brömsebro Swedish Victory
First Karl Gustav War (1657–1658)SwedenDenmark-Norway Treaty of Roskilde Swedish Victory
Second Karl Gustav War, 1658–1660SwedenDenmark-Norway Treaty of Copenhagen Danish Victory
Second Bremen War, 1666SwedenDenmark-Norway Treaty of Habenhausen Danish Victory
Scanian War, 1675–1679SwedenDenmark-Norway Peace of Lund Stalemate
Great Northern War first Danish Intervention, 1700. See Peace of Travendal.SwedenDenmark-Norway Peace of Travendal Swedish Victory
Great Northern War second Danish Intervention, 1709–1720SwedenDenmark-Norway Treaty of Frederiksborg Danish Victory
Theatre War 1788–1789SwedenDenmark-NorwayNoneSwedish Victory
Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809 SwedenDenmark-Norway Treaty of Jönköping Stalemate
Dano-Swedish War (1813–1814) SwedenDenmark-Norway Treaty of Kiel Swedish Victory

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Historicity is uncertain
  2. ↑ Historicity is uncertain

References

  1. ↑ Adam av Bremen (1984) pp. 87–8 (Book II, Chapters 31-32).
  2. ↑ Adam av Bremen (1984) pp. 87–8 (Book II, Chapters 31-32).
  3. ↑ Adam av Bremen (1984) pp. 87–8 (Book II, Chapters 31-32).
  4. ↑ Adam av Bremen (1984) pp. 87–8 (Book II, Chapters 31-32).
  5. ↑ Sundberg 2010, p. 52.

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