List of battles involving Sweden

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

• The Swedish War of Liberation or Befrielsekriget (1521–1523)
  • Battle of Brunnbäck Ferry (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 Russo-Swedish War (1554–57) 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 (February 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 Klushino (June 24, 1610)
• The Ingrian War or Ingermanländska kriget (1610–1617)
  • Capture of Novgorod (July 15, 1611)
  • Battle of Bronnitsy (July 14, 1614)
  • Siege 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)
  • Siege of Stralsund (1628)
  • Conquest and occupation of Pomerania (1630)
  • Battle of Marwitz (December 25, 1630)
  • Battle of Frankfurt an 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)
  • Sack 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 (January 9, 1644)
  • Battle of Colberger Heide (July 1, 1644)
  • Battle of Fehmarn (October 13, 1644)
  • Battle of Bysjön (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 Żarnów (September 6, 1655)
  • Battle of Nowy Dwór (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 Chojnice (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 Across the Belts (January 30-February 10, 1658)
  • Conquest of Kronborg (September 6, 1658)
  • Assault on 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)
  • Great Sleigh Drive (winter 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 Kliszów (July 9, 1702)
  • Battle of Hummelshof (July 19, 1702)
  • Battle of Saladen (March 19, 1703)
  • Battle of Pułtusk (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 Kalisz (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 Helsinki (May 8, 1713)
  • Battle of Pälkäne (October 6, 1713)
  • Battle of Storkyro (February 19, 1714)
  • Battle of Stäket (August 13, 1719)
• The Russo-Swedish 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)
• Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) 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 Franco-Swedish War or Första kriget mot Napoleon (1805–1810)
  • Skirmish of Lauenburg (April 23, 1806)
  • Battle of Lübeck (November 6, 1806)
  • Great Sortie of Stralsund (April 1–3, 1807)
  • Battle of Belling (April 16, 1807)
  • Battle of Ueckermünde (April 17, 1807)
  • Battle of Dänholm (August 25, 1807)
  • Battle of Stralsund (May 31, 1809)
• The Finnish War or Finska kriget (1808–1809)
  • Battle of Pyhäjoki (April 16, 1808)
  • Battle of Siikajoki (April 18, 1808)
  • Battle of Revolax (April 27, 1808)
  • Battle of Pulkkila (May 1, 1808)
  • Battle of Kumlinge (May 9/10, 1808)
  • Battle of Kuopio (May 12, 1808)
  • Battle of Lemo (June 19–20, 1808)
  • Battle of Nykarleby (June 24, 1808)
  • Battle of Vaasa (June 25–26, 1808)
  • Battle of Lintulaks (July 3, 1808)
  • Battle of Kokonsaari (July 11, 1808)
  • Battle of Lapua (July 14, 1808)
  • Battle of Pälkjärvi (August 10, 1808)
  • Battle of Kauhajoki (August 10, 1808)
  • Battle of Alavus (August 17, 1808)
  • Battle of Karstula (August 21, 1808)
  • Battle of Nummijärvi (August 28, 1808)
  • Battle of Lappfjärd (August 29, 1808)
  • Battle of Ruona–Salmi (September 1–2, 1808)
  • Battle of Jutas (September 13, 1808)
  • Battle of Oravais (September 14, 1808)
  • Battle of Lokalaks (September 17–18, 1808)
  • Helsinki village landing (September 26–28, 1808)
  • Battle of Koljonvirta (October 27, 1808)
  • Åland Offensive (March 10–21, 1809
  • Capitulation of Kalix (March 25, 1809)
  • Battle of Skellefteå (May 15, 1809)
  • Battle of Hörnefors (July 5, 1809)
  • Battle of Sävar (August 19, 1809)
  • Battle of Ratan (August 20, 1809)
  • Battle of Piteå (August 25, 1809)
• The Dano-Swedish War of 1808–09 or Dansk-svenska kriget (1808–1809)
  • Battle of Lier (April 18, 1808)
  • Battle of Toverud (April 19–20, 1808)
  • Battle of Rødenes (April 20–May 7, 1808)
  • Battle of Trangen (April 25, 1808)
  • Battle of Mobekk (May 18, 1808)
  • Battle of Prestebakke (June 10, 1808)
  • Battle of Berby (September 12, 1808)
  • Battle of Järpen (August 16, 1808)
• The Anglo-Swedish War or Kriget mot England (1810–1812)
  • No battles fought
• The Second War against Napoleon or Andra kriget mot Napoleon (1813–1814)
  • Battle of Großbeeren (August 23, 1813)
  • Battle of Dennewitz (September 6, 1813)
  • Combat of Roßlau (September 29, 1813)
  • Battle of Leipzig (October 18–19, 1813)
  • Battle of Bornhöved (December 7, 1813)
• The Swedish–Norwegian War or Fälttåget mot Norge (1814)
  • Invasion of Hvaler (29 July 1814)
  • Battle of Tistedalen (August 1, 1814)
  • Battle of Lier (August 2, 1814)
  • Battle of Matrand (August 5, 1814)
  • Battle of Rakkestad (August 6, 1814)
  • Battle of Langnes (August 9, 1814)
  • Battle of Kjølberg Bridge (August 14, 1814)

Post 1814

Note that none of the following battles are a part of any officially declared wars.

• Invasion of Åland, Swedish: Ålands expeditionen (1918)
  • Battles of Godby (17-19 February, 1918)
• Congo crisis, Swedish: Kongokrisen (1960-1965)
  • Siege of Jadotville (13-17 September, 1961)
  • Attack on Camp Massart (16 December, 1961)
  • Operation Grandslam (28 December, 1962 – 15 January, 1963)
  • Port Francqui incident (April 28, 1961)
• Bosnian War, Swedish: Bosnienkriget (6 April 1992 – 14 December 1995)
  • Operation Bøllebank (April 29, 1994)
• Second Congo War, Swedish: Andra Kongokriget (1998-2003)
  • Operation Artemis (30 May, 2003 – 1 September, 2003)
• War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), Swedish: Afghanistankriget (2001-2021)
  • Counterinsurgency in Northern Afghanistan (April, 2009 – December, 2014)

References

Print

• Sundberg, Ulf (1998). Svenska krig 1521-1814. Stockholm: Hjalmarson & Högberg. ISBN 91-89660-10-2
• Wild, Uwe. Das vergessene Gefecht der Schweden, Rosslau 1813. http://www.schweden-kavallerie.de/Fakten/Gefecht1813Rosslau.html