List of wars involving Norway

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This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of Norway .

Contents

  Norwegian victory - 56
  Norwegian defeat - 28
  Another result * - 53

*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Norway, status quo ante bellum , or a treaty or peace without a clear result.

Pre-unification Viking Age (793–872)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results
Viking invasions of England (793–1066) Raven Banner.svg Norse Vikings
Anglo-Saxon kingdoms Victory (first phase)

Defeat (second phase)

Halfdan the Mild's revolt
(ca. 813)
Halfdan the Mild Kingdom of Denmark Revolt successful
  • Denmark is expelled and Vestfold gains independence.
Battle of 839 (839) Raven Banner.svg Norse Vikings Picts
Dál Riata
Norwegian Viking victory
Siege of Paris (845) Raven Banner.svg Norse Vikings Francia Viking victory
Viking raid on Nekor [1] [2] [3]
(ca. 859)
Raven Banner.svg Norse Vikings Kingdom of Nekor Viking victory
  • Vikings occupied Nekor for 8 days.
Great Heathen Army's invasion of England (865-878) Raven Banner.svg Norse Vikings
Norse–Gaels
Anglo-Saxon kingdoms:

Kingdom of Strathclyde
Kingdom of Alba

Viking victory
Siege of Dumbarton (870) Raven Banner.svg Norse Vikings Britons of Strathclyde Viking victory
  • A fleet of 200 ships transported prisoners to Dublin.

Unification of Norway (860–872)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results
Battle of Hakadal
(ca. 860)
Flag of Vestfold.svg Vestfold Álfheimr Vestfold victory
  • Death of Hake Gandalfsson.
Battle of Orkdal
(ca. 870)
Flag of Vestfold.svg Vestfold Orkdal Vestfold victory
First Battle of Solskjel
(ca. 870)
Flag of Vestfold.svg Vestfold Nordmøre
Romsdal
Vestfold victory
  • Death of the kings of Nordmøre and Romsdal.
Second Battle of Solskjel
(ca. 870)
Flag of Vestfold.svg Vestfold Sunnmøre
Firda
Vestfold victory
Götaland Campaign
(ca. 870)
Flag of Vestfold.svg Vestfold Geats Vestfold victory
Battle of Fjaler
(ca. 870)
Earldom of Lade Earldom of Sogn Indecisive
Battle of Hafrsfjord
(872)
Flag of Vestfold.svg Vestfold Hordaland
Rogaland
Agder
Vestfold victory

Kingdom of Norway (872–1319)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results
War between King Haakon the Good and the sons of Eirik Bloodaxe
(955-961)
Haakon the Good The sons of Eirik Bloodaxe
Denmark
The sons of Eirik Bloodaxe Victory
Sack of Santiago de Compostela
(968)
Raven Banner.svg Norwegian Vikings Bandeirareinogaliza.svg  Kingdom of Galicia Victory
Norwegian-Jomsviking War
(986)
Royal Standard of Norway.svg Kingdom of Norway Denmark
Jomsvikings
Victory
  • Danish fleet defeated
Battle of Maldon
(991)
Royal Standard of Norway.svg Kingdom of Norway Anglo-Saxons Victory
Battle of Svolder
(999/1000)
Royal Standard of Norway.svg Kingdom of Norway Denmark
Sweden
Earls of Lade
Defeat
Battle of Thetford (1004)Royal Standard of Norway.svg  Norway
Anglo-Saxons
Raven Banner.svg Kingdom of Denmark Anglo-Norwegian Victory
Battle of Vinland (1003) Icelandic and Norwegian Vikings Native warriorsVictory
  • Viking victory and withdrawal.
Olav II's landing in Osilia
(1008)
Royal Standard of Norway.svg Kingdom of Norway Osilians Victory
  • The Osilians are defeated
Battle at Herdaler
(1007/8)
Royal Standard of Norway.svg Kingdom of Norway Finns of HerdalerDefeat
Battle of Ringmere
(1010)
Royal Standard of Norway.svg Norway
Anglo-Saxons
Danish Vikings Victory
  • Ango-Norwegian victory
Battle of Vinland (1010) Icelandic and Norwegian Vikings Native warriorsVictory
  • Native attack repelled; Viking withdrawal.
Swedish-Norwegian War
(1015-1018)
Royal Standard of Norway.svg Kingdom of Norway Kingdom of Sweden Victory
Cnut the Great's invasion of England (1016) Raven Banner.svg Kingdom of Denmark
Raven Banner.svg Kingdom of Norway
Flag of England.svg Kingdom of England Dano-Norwegian victory
Olav II's conquest of Norway
(1015-1016)
Royal Standard of Norway.svg Kingdom of Norway Kingdom of Sweden
Kingdom of Denmark
Earldom of Orkney
Victory
  • The territorial changes following the Battle of Svolder are reversed, barring Jämtland, which would remain under Swedish overlordship until the 12th century.
Battle of the Helgeå
(1026)
Royal Standard of Norway.svg Kingdom of Norway
Sweden
Anglo-Danish Kingdom Defeat
Battle of Boknafjorden
(1028)
Royal Standard of Norway.svg Kingdom of Norway Erling SkjalgssonVictory
  • Death of Erling Skjalgsson
Cnut's invasion of Norway
(1028-1029)
Royal Standard of Norway.svg Kingdom of Norway North Sea Empire
Norwegian chieftains
Danish and Norwegian chieftain victory
  • Norway conquered by King Cnut
  • King Olaf II was driven into exile to Kievan Rus
Battle of Stiklestad
(1030)
Olaf II Peasant ArmyPeasant victory
  • Death of Olaf II
Norwegian-Wendish War
(1043)
Royal Standard of Norway.svg Kingdom of Norway Wends Victory
  • Destruction the Viking fort Jomsborg, possibly to destroy the Danish competitors to the throne. Plundering of the Wendish town of Jumne.
Magnus the Good's conquest of Denmark
(1043-1045)
Royal Standard of Norway.svg Kingdom of Norway Raven Banner.svg
Denmark
Victory
Invasions of Denmark
(1048–1064)
Royal Standard of Norway.svg Kingdom of Norway Denmark Stalemate
  • Peace agreement, mutual recognition and withdrawal
Swedish–Norwegian War (1063)
(1063/4)
Royal Standard of Norway.svg Kingdom of Norway Haakon Ivarsson  [ no ]
Kingdom of Sweden
Victory
  • Hadrada defeats Haakon Ivarsson Jarl
  • Norwegian authority strengthened in the Uplands
Revolt in the Uplands
(1064-1065)
Royal Standard of Norway.svg Kingdom of Norway Revolting farmersVictory
  • Small farms and villages burned down by Hadrada. Uplands becomes more integrated into Norway
Invasion of England
(1066)
Royal Standard of Norway.svg Kingdom of Norway England Defeat
First Irish Sea Campaign
(1098)
Royal Standard of Norway.svg Kingdom of Norway England

Irish Kingdoms[ clarification needed ]

Victory
Swedish–Norwegian War (1099–1101) Royal Standard of Norway.svg Kingdom of Norway Sweden Inconclusive
  • Through the marriage of Magnus Barefoot and Margaret Fredkulla, Inge's daughter, Norway gains the land of Dalsland. However, due to the marriage being childless, Dalsland never becomes integrated into Norway, and it's returned to Sweden after Magnus died in 1103
Second Irish Sea Campaign
(1101/11021103)
Royal Standard of Norway.svg Kingdom of Norway England

Irish Kingdoms[ clarification needed ]

Defeat
Norwegian Crusade
(1107–1110)
Vexillum Regni Hierosolymae.svg  Kingdom of Jerusalem
Royal Standard of Norway.svg Kingdom of Norway
Flag of the Serene Republic of Venice.svg  Republic of Venice
White flag 3 to 2.svg Fatimid Caliphate
Flag of Morocco 1073 1147.svg Almoravid Empire
Taifa of Badajoz
Taifa of Majorca
Barbary pirates of Majorca
Victory
Kalmare ledung
(1123)
Royal Standard of Norway.svg Kingdom of Norway Norse pagansVictory
  • The pagans converted to Christianity
Civil war era in Norway
(1130–1240)
Birkebeiners Baglers Birkebeiner victory
Age of the Sturlungs
(12201264)
Coat of arms of the Icelandic Commonwealth.svg Icelandic Gothis Coat of arms of the Icelandic Commonwealth.svg Commonwealth Gothis Old Covenant
Campaign in Värmland
(1225)
Royal Standard of Norway.svg Kingdom of Norway Värmland Inconclusive
Battle of the Neva
(1240)
Sweden
Finns
Tavastia
Royal Standard of Norway.svg Kingdom of Norway
Novgorod Republic
Karelians
Defeat
Halland Campaign (1256) Royal Standard of Norway.svg Norway Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Peace treaty signed
Scottish–Norwegian War
(1261–1264)
Royal Standard of Norway.svg Kingdom of Norway Scotland Indecisive
Danish-Norwegian War (1289-1295)Royal Standard of Norway.svg  Norway
Danish outlaws
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Victory
Second Swedish Brother's Feud
(1304–1310)
Royal Standard of Norway.svg Kingdom of Norway
Duke Eric and Valdemar
Denmark
Birger Magnusson
Defeat

House of Bjelbo (1319-1397)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results
Kexholm War (1321–1323)Royal Banner of Sweden (14th Century).svg Sweden

Royal Banner of Norway (14th Century).svg Norway

Novgorod Republic Stalemate
Campaign against Ingeborg

(1323) [5]

Armoiries de Hakon VI de Norvege et de Suede.svg Swedish-Norwegian Union Ingeborg of Norway Peace of Skara
  • Ingeborg is forced to exchange Axvall for the unfortified Dåvö in Västmanland
Sten Bielke's war against Novgorod

(1338-1339)

Armoiries de Hakon VI de Norvege et de Suede.svg Swedish-Norwegian Union Novogrod Peace of Skara
  • Peace signed in either August or September 1339.
  • Novgorodian strategic failure
Johan Offessons Uprising

(1339)

Armoiries de Hakon VI de Norvege et de Suede.svg Swedish-Norwegian Union Johan OffessonVictory
  • Lindholm Castle is destroyed, and Johan is forced to give Skytts and Oxie to the king
Kalundborg War (1341-1343) Armoiries de Hakon VI de Norvege et de Suede.svg Swedish-Norwegian Union State Banner of Denmark (14th Century).svg Denmark

Lübeck
Rostock
Hamburg
Stralsund
Wismar
Greifswald

Victory
Magnus's war against Russia
(1348-1351) [6]
Armoiries de Hakon VI de Norvege et de Suede.svg Swedish-Norwegian Union Novgorod Truce of Dorprat
  • Swedish-Norwegian success in the beginning
  • Swedish-Norwegian failure to keep Nöteborg
Valdemar Atterdags reconquest of Scania
(1360) [7]
Armoiries de Hakon VI de Norvege et de Suede.svg Swedish-Norwegian Union State Banner of Denmark (14th Century).svg Denmark Defeat
  • Denmark conquers all of Scania
Valdemar Atterdags conquest of Gotland
(1361) [8]
Armoiries de Hakon VI de Norvege et de Suede.svg Swedish-Norwegian Union State Banner of Denmark (14th Century).svg Denmark Defeat
  • Denmark conquers Gotland
Danish-Hanseatic War (1361-1370)First Phase (1361–1365)

State Banner of Denmark (14th Century).svg Kingdom of Denmark Second Phase (1367–1370)

State Banner of Denmark (14th Century).svg Kingdom of Denmark

Arms of Haakon IV of Norway.svg Kingdom of Norway

First Phase: Danish Victory

Second Phase: Hanseatic victory

  • Hanseatic League gains control over several forts in Scania
War against Albert of Mecklenberg
(1363–1371)
Royal Standard of Norway.svg Kingdom of Norway Albert of Mecklenberg
Mecklenburg
Stalemate
  • Haakon VI pays a large ransom to have Magnus IV of Sweden released
  • Albert becomes king of Sweden. Afterwards Haakon continues ruling Norway until his death in 1380
  • End of the union between Sweden and Norway

Kalmar Union (1397–1523)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results
War with the Victual Brothers
(1392–1398)
Flag of the Kalmar Union.svg  Kalmar Union Victual Brothers Victory
  • Formation of the Kalmar Union.
Dano-Hanseatic War
(1426–1435)
Flag of the Kalmar Union.svg  Kalmar Union DEU Landkreis Schaumburg COA.svg House of Schaumburg
Hanse Lubeck.svg Hanseatic League
Defeat
  • Treaty of Vordingborg
Amund Sigurdsson Bolt Rebellion
(1436)
Amund Sigurdsson BoltFlag of the Kalmar Union.svg  Kalmar Union Ceasefire
Graatop Rebellion
(1438)
Hallvard GraatopFlag of the Kalmar Union.svg  Kalmar Union Rebellion Suppressed
Krummedige-Tre Rosor feud
(1448 - 1502)
COA family sv Krummedige.svg Krummedige family
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Tre Rosor Norway.JPG Tre Rosor family
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Krummedige victory
  • The male Tre Rosor line in Norway becomes extinct.
  • Norwegian monarchy strengthened
  • Prince Christian maintains control over Norway.
War of the Norwegian Succession
(1448–1453)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Pro-Danish Norwegians
Blason de Charles VIII de Suede et de Norvege (1408-1470).svg Sweden
Pro-Swedish Norwegians
Pro-Danish Victory
  • Christian I becomes king of Norway
  • Charles I relinquish the throne of Norway
Dano-Swedish War
(1501–1512)
Flag of the Kalmar Union.svg  Kalmar Union Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of the Free City of Lubeck.svg Free City of Lübeck
Tre Rosor Norway.JPG Norwegian rebels [9]
Victory
Alvsson Rebellion
(1501–1504)
Knut Alvsson (until 1502)
Nils Ravaldsson (from 1502)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of the Kalmar Union.svg  Kalmar Union Rebellion Suppressed
  • Dano-Norwegian ties solidified
Orm Eriksson Tax Revolt
(1519)
Orm Eriksson
Jon Eilivsson
Flag of the Kalmar Union.svg  Kalmar Union Rebellion Suppressed
Swedish War of Liberation
(1521–1523)
Flag of the Kalmar Union.svg  Kalmar Union Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of the Free City of Lubeck.svg Free City of Lübeck
Defeat

Denmark–Norway (1523/1537–1800)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results
Christian II invasion of Norway
(1531–1532)
Royal Arms of Norway, Denmark & Sweden (1460-1523).svg Christian IIRoyal Arms of Norway & Denmark (1523-1535).svg Frederick I Invasion failed
  • Christian II imprisoned
Olav Engelbrektsson's Rebellion (1536–1537) Coat of arms of Norway (1924) no crown.svg Protestants
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
Coat of arms of Norway (1924) no crown.svg Catholics Protestant Victory
Icelandic Reformation (1538–1550) Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg Denmark–Norway
Iceland stockfish coa.svg Protestants
Iceland stockfish coa.svg Catholics Victory
  • Jón Arason defeated and captured
  • Collapse of Catholicism in Iceland
Peasant's Rebellion in Telemark (1540) Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg Denmark–Norway Coat of arms of Norway (1924) no crown.svg Norwegian peasantsRebellion suppressed
Peasant's Rebellion in Agder (1540-1541) Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg Denmark–Norway Coat of arms of Norway (1924) no crown.svg Norwegian peasantsRebellion suppressed
Dacke War (1542) Flag of Sweden.svg Kingdom of Sweden
[10]
Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg Landsknechte
Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg Denmark-Norway
Smaland vapen.svg  Småland Peasants under Nils Dacke

Ostergotland vapen.svg  Östergötland peasant militia

Victory
  • Royal power strengthened
  • No further civil wars or major uprisings in Scandinavia
Italian War of 1542–1546 (1542)Pavillon royal de la France.svg  France
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1453-1844).svg Ottoman Empire

Armoiries Guillaume de Cleves-less fancy.svg Jülich-Cleves-Berg
Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg Denmark-Norway

Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg  Holy Roman Empire
Flag of Electoral Saxony.svg  Saxony
Wappen Mark Brandenburg.png Brandenburg
Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg Spain
Flag of England.svg England
Status quo ante bellum
  • Treaty of Speyer (1544)
  • Holy Roman Emperor Charles V recognized Christian III as the rightful king of Denmark and Norway
Livonian War (1558–1583)Baltic coat of arms.svg Livonian Confederation
Choragiew krolewska krola Zygmunta III Wazy.svg Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark-Norway

Flag of Sweden.svg Kingdom of Sweden
Flag of the Cossack Hetmanat.svg Zaporozhian Cossacks
Transsylvanian Banner.svg Principality of Transylvania

Flag of Oryol (variant).svg Tsardom of Russia
Qasim Khanate
Kingdom of Livonia
Victory
Campaign of 1559 (1559)Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark-Norway DEU Kreis Dithmarschen COA.svg Dithmarschen Victory
  • Conquest of Dithmarschen
Northern Seven Years' War (1563–1570)Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark-Norway
Flag of the Free City of Lubeck.svg Free City of Lübeck

Herb Rzeczypospolitej Obojga Narodow.svg Poland–Lithuania

Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Status quo ante bellum
Polish–Swedish War (1563–1568) (1563–1568)Herb Rzeczypospolitej Obojga Narodow.svg Poland–Lithuania
Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg Denmark–Norway
Flagge der Hansestadt Lubeck.svg Lübeck
Sweden-Flag-1562.svg Sweden Status quo ante bellum
Dano-Norwegian attack on Poland (1571) Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark-Norway Choragiew krolewska krola Zygmunta III Wazy.svg Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Victory
  • The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy was reduced to half of its previous strength
Danzig rebellion (1575–1577)City of Danzig
Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark-Norway [11]
Choragiew krolewska krola Zygmunta III Wazy.svg Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Peace
The First Turkish Abductions (1607)Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark-Norway Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire Defeat
  • Abduction of many Icelanders and Faroese people
Kalmar War (1611–1613)Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark-Norway Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Victory
Thirty Years' War (1618–1648)Protestant States and Allies

Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg  Kingdom of France
Flag of Bohemia.svg  Bohemia
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark–Norway (1625–1629)
Flag of Electoral Saxony.svg  Saxony
Statenvlag.svg  Dutch Republic
Palatinate Arms.svg Electorate of the Palatinate
Coat of arms of Brunswick-Luneburg.svg Brunswick-Lüneburg
Flag of England.svg  England
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Brandenburg Wappen.svg Brandenburg-Prussia
Flag of Transylvania before 1918.svg Transylvania
Hungarian Anti-Habsburg Rebels
Flag of the Cossack Hetmanat.svg Zaporozhian Cossacks
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1453-1517).svg  Ottoman Empire

Roman Catholic States and Allies

Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg  Holy Roman Empire

Flag of New Spain.svg Spain and its possessions
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark–Norway (1643–1645)

Defeat
The Second Turkish Abductions (1627)Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark-Norway Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire Defeat
  • Abduction of many Icelanders
Torstenson War (1643–1645) Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark–Norway
Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg  Holy Roman Empire
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Statenvlag.svg  Dutch Republic
Defeat
Second Northern War (1657–1660)Counts of Habsburg Arms.svg Habsburg monarchy
Choragiew krolewska krola Zygmunta III Wazy.svg Poland–Lithuania
Flag of Tsar of Moscow.jpg Russia (1656–58)
Wappen Mark Brandenburg.png Brandenburg-Prussia
Statenvlag.svg  Dutch Republic
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of Brandenburg.svg Brandenburg-Prussia
Coat of arms of Transylvania.svg Transylvania
Herb Viyska Zaporozkogo (Alex K).svg Ukrainian Cossacks
Flag of Wallachia.svg Wallachia
Flag of Moldavia.svg Moldavia
Defeat
Dano-Swedish War (1657–1658) (1657–1658)Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark-Norway
Choragiew krolewska krola Zygmunta III Wazy.svg Poland–Lithuania
Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg  Swedish Empire Defeat
  • Decisive Swedish victory; Treaty of Roskilde/Treaty of Taastrup
Dano-Swedish War (1658–1660) (1658–1660) Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark–Norway
Statenvlag.svg  Dutch Republic
Wappen Mark Brandenburg.png Brandenburg-Prussia
Choragiew krolewska krola Zygmunta III Wazy.svg Poland–Lithuania
Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor without haloes (1400-1806).svg  Habsburg Monarchy
Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg  Swedish Empire Victory
Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665–1667) Statenvlag.svg  Dutch Republic
Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark-Norway
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg  Kingdom of France
Flag of England.svg  Kingdom of England
Flag of the Prince-Bishopric of Munster.svg Bishopric of Münster
Victory
Second Swedish War on Bremen (1666) Flag of Bremen.svg Bremen
D'argent croix de sable.svg Electorate of Cologne
DEU Fuerstentum Lueneburg COA.svg Brunswick-Lüneburg
Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark-Norway
Wappen Mark Brandenburg.png Electorate of Brandenburg
Statenvlag.svg Dutch Republic
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Draw
Scanian War (1675–1679)Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark-Norway
Statenvlag.svg  Dutch Republic
Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg  Holy Roman Empire
Wappen Mark Brandenburg.png Brandenburg
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg  Kingdom of France
Status quo ante bellum
Siege of Hamburg (1689) (1689) Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg Denmark–Norway Flag of Hamburg.svg Hamburg
DEU Fuerstentum Lueneburg COA.svg Brunswick-Lüneburg
Wappen Mark Brandenburg.png Brandenburg-Prussia
Peace agreement
  • Dano-Norwegian withdrawal
  • Hamburg pays 300,000 thalers as compensation to Denmark-Norway
Great Northern War (1700–1720) Flag of Russia.svg Tsardom of Russia
Flag of Electoral Saxony.svg  Electorate of Saxony
Flaga Rzeczpospolitej Obojga Narodow.svg Poland–Lithuania
Flag of the Cossack Hetmanat.svg Cossack Hetmanate
Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1701-1750).svg  Prussia
Flag of Hanover (1692).svg Hanover
Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg  Great Britain
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark–Norway
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Wappen Herzogtum Holstein 1703.gif Holstein-Gottorp
Flaga Rzeczpospolitej Obojga Narodow.svg Poland–Lithuania
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire
Victory
Rákóczi's War of Independence (1703–1711)Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg  Holy Roman Empire :

Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark–Norway

Civil Ensign of Hungary.svg Kuruc forces (Kingdom of Hungary)
Transsylvanian Banner.svg Principality of Transylvania
Royal Standard of the King of France.svg  Kingdom of France
Victory
  • Rebellion suppressed
Strilekrigen (1765)Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark-Norway Royal coat of arms of Norway.svg Norwegian peasantsRebellion suppressed
Danish–Algerian War (1769–1772)Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark–Norway Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1453-1517).svg Dey of Algiers Defeat
Royal Life Guards' Mutiny (1771)Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark-Norway LG Colours.svg Royal Life Guard Execution of Struensee
Lofthusreisingen (1786–1787)Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark-Norway Royal coat of arms of Norway.svg Norwegian peasantsRebellion suppressed
Theatre War (1788–1789)Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark-Norway Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Inconclusive
Action of 16 May 1797 (1797)Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark-Norway Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire (de jure)Inconclusive
Lærdal Rebellion (1800–1802)Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark-Norway Royal coat of arms of Norway.svg Norwegian peasantsRebellion suppressed

Colonial Wars (1600–1800)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results
Conquest of Koneswaram Temple (1618–1620) [12] Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark-Norway
King of Kandy.svg  Kingdom of Kandy
Flag of Portugal (1640).svg Portuguese Ceylon Defeat
Roland Crappé's raids on Portuguese colonies (1619)Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark-Norway
King of Kandy.svg  Kingdom of Kandy
Supported by:
Thanjavur Nayak kingdom
Flag of Portugal (1640).svg Portuguese Ceylon

Flag of Portugal (1640).svg Portuguese India

Defeat
Action of 19 February 1619 (1619)Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark-Norway Pirate Flag of Emanuel Wynne.svg French pirates

Royal Standard of the King of France.svg  France

Victory
  • Dano-Norwegian Victory
  • French ships conquered
Siege of Dansborg (1624) (1624)Danish Colonial Merchant Ensign India.png  Danish India Thanjavur Nayak Victory
  • Thanjavur recognizes Tranquebar as Danish
Dano-Mughal War (1642–1698) [13] Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg Denmark–Norway Flag of the Mughal Empire.png Mughal Empire Peace treaty
  • Dannemarksnagore ceded to Danish India for 30,000 rupees to be paid over ten years
Conflict between Willem Leyel and Bernt Pessart (1644)Danish Colonial Merchant Ensign India.png  Danish India Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg Leyel loyalist

Flag of the Dutch East India Company.svg Dutch Coromandel

British East India Company flag.svg English Madras

Flag of Portugal (1667).svg Portuguese Carical

Supported by:

Thanjavur Nayak

Willem victory
Siege of Dansborg (1644) (1644)Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark-Norway Thanjavur Nayak kingdom Inconclusive
Sieges of Tranquebar (1655–1669) (1655–1669)Danish Colonial Merchant Ensign India.png  Danish India Thanjavur Nayak kingdom Victory
  • Villages of Poreiar, Tillali and Erikutanchery ceded to the Danes
Dano-Dutch Colonial War in Guinea (1660–1664) [14] Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg Denmark–Norway
Flag of England.svg  Kingdom of England
Fetu tribe
Statenvlag.svg  Dutch Republic Victory
Gã-Akwamu War (1678) Ga-Adangbe
Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark-Norway
Akwamu Victory
  • Assult reppeled
Slave insurrection on St. John (1733–1734)Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark–Norway Rebel slavesVictory
  • Rebellion suppressed
Danish-Dutch conflict over Greenland (1739)Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark–Norway Statenvlag.svg  Dutch Republic Victory
  • Dutch presence on Greenland collapses
Cattle War (1756)Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark–Norway Thanjavur Maratha kingdom Defeat
Sagbadre War (1784)Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark-Norway Ada- Danish Alliance Anlo Confederacy Victory
  • Return of territory previously acquired by Anlo from the Alliance
  • Construction of Fort Prinzenstein

Napoleonic Wars (1800–1814)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2Results
Napoleonic Wars (1800–1813)Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg  Austrian Empire
Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg  Prussia
Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg  Spain
Flag Portugal (1750).svg Portugal
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire (until 1803)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  United Kingdom of the Netherlands
Defeat
English Wars (1801, 1807–1814) Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark–Norway

Flag of France.svg French Empire
Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg Spain

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom

Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden

Defeat
Franco-Swedish War (1805–1810)
Victory

Sweden regains Swedish Pomerania Sweden integrates the Continental System

Gunboat War (1807–1814)Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark–Norway Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Defeat
Peninsular War (1807–1814)

Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark-Norway (Evacuation of La Romana's division)

Stalemate for Denmark-Norway
Dano-Swedish War (1808–09) (1808–1809)Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark–Norway
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Stalemate
Jørgen Jørgensen's Revolution (1809)Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg  Denmark-Norway
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Jorgen Jorgensen (1809).png Iceland Victory
  • Imprisonment of Jørgen Jørgensen
French invasion of Russia (1812)Flag of France (1794-1815).svg  France

French allies:
Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg  Austria
Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg  Prussia
Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg Denmark-Norway

Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Defeat
  • Start of the Sixth Coalition
War of the Sixth Coalition (1813-1814)Flag of France (1794-1815).svg  First French Empire

Flag of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy.svg  Napoleonic Italy
Flag of the Kingdom of Naples (1811).svg  Kingdom of Naples
Flag of the Duchy of Warsaw.svg Duchy of Warsaw
Royal Standard of Denmark (1731-1819).svg Denmark–Norway
Confederation of the Rhine

Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire
Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg Kingdom of Prussia
Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg  Austrian Empire
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg Spanish Empire
Flag of Portugal (1750).svg Kingdom of Portugal
Flag of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1816).svg  Two Sicilies
Civil Flag and Civil Ensign of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1816-1848).svg  Kingdom of Sardinia
State flag of Saxony before 1815.svg Saxony
Flag of Bavaria (striped).svg  Bavaria
Flagge Konigreich Wurttemberg.svg  Württemberg
Flagge Grossherzogtum Baden (1871-1891).svg Baden
Flag of the Netherlands.svg United Netherlands
Defeat

Kingdom of Norway (1814–present)

ConflictCombatant 1Combatant 2ResultsPrime MinisterCasualties
Swedish–Norwegian War
(1814)
Flag of Norway (1814-1821).svg Norway Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Defeat(but Swedish acceptance of the Eidsvoll Constitution)
~400 killed
World War II
(1940–1945)
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 - 1955).svg  Soviet Union
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  British Empire
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland
Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg  Yugoslavia
Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg Ethiopia
Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines
Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1945-1992).svg Mongolia
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany
Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan
Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of Hungary (1915-1918, 1919-1946).svg  Hungary
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Flag of First Slovak Republic 1939-1945.svg Slovakia
Flag of Independent State of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Victory
10,262 killed
Congo Crisis
(1960–1964)
Flag of Congo-Leopoldville (1960-1963).svg Congo-Léopoldville
Flag of Katanga.svg  Katanga
Flag of South Kasai.svg  South Kasai
Victory
None
Bosnian War
(1992–1995)
Flag of the Republika Srpska.svg  Republika Srpska Victory
None
Kosovo War
(1998–1999)
UCK KLA.svg UÇK
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia Victory
None
War in Afghanistan
(20012021)
Flag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan
Flag of the Taliban.svg Taliban Defeat
  • Fall of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
  • Taliban retake Kabul
10 killed
Libyan Civil War
(2011)
Flag of Libya (1951-1969).svg NTC
Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg Libya Victory
  • The NTC assumed interim control of Libya
None

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