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  2. List of wars involving Sweden - Wikipedia

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    Sweden & its Allies 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 ...

  3. Military history of Sweden - Wikipedia

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    Sweden had allied with France against several European countries. The United Provinces, under attack by France, sought support from Denmark-Norway. The Danish objective was to retrieve the Scanian lands that had been given to Sweden after the Northern Wars. Although the Danish offensive was initially a great success, Swedish counter-offensives ...

  4. List of wars between Denmark and Sweden - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. Northern War of 1655–1660 - Wikipedia

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    Brandenburg left the alliance with Sweden when granted full sovereignty in the Duchy of Prussia by the Polish king in the treaties of Wehlau and Bromberg. Frederick III's war on Sweden gave Charles X Gustav a reason to abandon the Polish–Lithuanian deadlock and fight Denmark instead.

  6. List of German–Swedish wars - Wikipedia

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    Sweden cedes most of its territory east of the Oder to Brandenburg-Prussia. Great Northern War (1700-1721) Sweden Prussia Russia Denmark Poland-Lithuania Treaties of Stockholm: Coalition victory Pomeranian War: Sweden Russia Prussia Treaty of Hamburg (1762) Prussian victory [9] Status quo ante bellum; German campaign of 1813 (Part of the ...

  7. Battle of Lund - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Lund, part of the Scanian War, was fought on December 4, 1676, in an area north of the city of Lund in Scania in southern Sweden, between the invading Danish army and the army of Charles XI of Sweden.

  8. Timeline of Swedish history - Wikipedia

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    Sweden purchases Caribbean island of Saint Barthélemy from France 1786: 20 March: Foundation of Swedish Academy: 1787: First secondary education school in Sweden for girls, Societetsskolan, founded in Gothenburg 1788: Sweden declares war against Russia, initiating Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) 1790

  9. Swedish–Geatish wars - Wikipedia

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    Vendel-era helmet, at the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities. Vendel-era sword from Valsgärde. A Vendel-era Spangenhelm at the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities.. The Anglo-Saxon epic relates that the Swedes did not keep the peace when the Geatish king Hreðel had died, because the Swedish king Ongenþeow's sons (i.e. Ohthere and Onela) had grown up and were eager to fight.