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Immediately after the September 11, 2001 attacks, the Swedish government expressed its sympathies with the U.S. and supported the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] However, like many other European governments, Sweden opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq , reasoning that the invasion was a breach of international law . [ 13 ]
Swedish support for Magnus invasion of Norway (1035) Location: In Øresund or near Rügen. Sweden Magnus the Good: North Sea Empire: Swedish victory Magnus the Good becomes king of Norway defeats the Danish forces (1042) Ingvar the Far-Travelleds expedition Battle of Sasireti; Location: Georgia (country) Varangians. Kingdom of Georgia Byzantine ...
Sweden: Norway 1716 invasion of Venetian Corfu: Ottoman Turks: Corfu 1714 Wars over the south: Vietnam: Cochinchina 1719 invasion of Sweden: Russia: Sweden 1707 invasion of Russia: Sweden: Russia 1706 invasion of Saxony: Sweden: Saxony 1705 invasion of Tibet: Mongols: Tibet 1702 invasion of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth: Sweden: Polish ...
The Swedish attack on Russia caused Denmark–Norway to declare war on Sweden in August in accordance with its treaty obligations to Russia. A Norwegian army briefly invaded Sweden and won the Battle of Kvistrum Bridge, before peace was signed on 9 July 1789 following the diplomatic intervention of Great Britain and Prussia.
The Barbary Wars were a series of two wars fought by the United States, Sweden, and the Kingdom of Sicily against the Barbary states (including Tunis, Algiers, and Tripoli) and Morocco of North Africa in the early 19th century. Sweden had been at war with the Tripolitans since 1800 and was joined by the newly independent US. [3] [unreliable source?
The history of Sweden can be traced back to the melting of the Northern Polar Ice Caps.From as early as 12000 BC, humans have inhabited this area. Throughout the Stone Age, between 8000 BC and 6000 BC, early inhabitants used stone-crafting methods to make tools and weapons for hunting, gathering and fishing as means of survival. [1]
Swedish Royal Navy: 3 frigates William Eaton's invasion: 8 US Marines ... Wheelan, Joseph (2003), Jefferson's War: America's First War on Terror, 1801 ...
New Sweden (Swedish: Nya Sverige) was a colony of the Swedish Empire between 1638 and 1655 along the lower reaches of the Delaware River in what is now Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Established during the Thirty Years' War when Sweden was a great power, New Sweden formed part of the Swedish efforts to colonize the Americas.