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Sweden's opposition Outcome Swedish–Gothic wars (500–800) Location: Sweden. Svealand: Geats: Consolidation of Swedes and Goths into a unified kingdom. Swedish slave revolts (500s) Location: Sweden. Svealand: Thralls: Slaves depose the king of Sweden and win their freedom. Ingvars raid of Estonia (600s) Location: Estonia. Svealand: Estonians ...
Anund Uppsale's raid of Sweden c. 800–850's [1] Sweden Denmark Danish Victory Battle of Fýrisvellir, 986 [2] Sweden Denmark Jomsvikings Swedish victory Eric the Victorious' invasion of Denmark, 990s [3] [a] Sweden Poland Denmark Swedish victory Olof Skötkonung's attack for the Danish throne, c. 995–999 [b] Sweden Denmark Swedish Victory
The Russo-Swedish War of 1788–90, known as Gustav III's Russian War in Sweden and as Catherine II's Swedish War in Russia, was fought between Sweden and Russia from June 1788 to August 1790. The conflict was initiated by King Gustav III of Sweden for domestic political reasons, as he believed that a short war would leave the opposition no ...
The Dano-Swedish War (1813–1814) [5] also referred to as Charles John’s campaign against Denmark, or as the War for Norway (Danish: Kampen om Norge) [6] [7] was the Coalition campaign against Denmark-Norway led by the Swedish crown prince Charles John, and it was the last major conflict between Denmark and Sweden.
Sweden Poland–Lithuania Holy Roman Empire Treaty of Altmark: Swedish victory Thirty Years War: Sweden France Holy Roman Empire Treaty of Westphalia: Franco–Swedish victory [7] Wismar, Wollin, Western Pomerania, and Bremen-Verden ceded to Sweden; Torstenson War: Sweden Denmark Holy Roman Empire Second Treaty of Brömsebro (1645) Swedish victory
Sweden maintained its policy of neutrality during World War II.When the war began on 1 September 1939, the fate of Sweden was unclear. But by a combination of its geopolitical location in the Scandinavian Peninsula, realpolitik maneuvering during an unpredictable course of events, and a dedicated military build-up after 1942, Sweden kept its official neutrality status throughout the war.
Russia took advantage of the Swedish setback, declared war on Sweden and pushed into Lithuania and Swedish Livonia. Charles X Gustav then granted Frederick William full sovereignty in the Duchy of Prussia in return for military aid, and in the Treaty of Radnot allied himself with the Transylvanian George II Rákóczi who invaded Poland ...
The Kalmar War (1611–1613) was fought between Denmark–Norway and Sweden.Though Denmark-Norway soon gained the upper hand, it was unable to defeat Sweden entirely. The Kalmar War was the last time Denmark-Norway successfully defended its dominium maris baltici against Sweden, and it also marked the increasing influence of the two countries on Baltic politics.