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 Count's Feud or Grevefejden (1534-1536)
** Conquest of Halmstad (October 31, 1534)
** Battle of Helsingborg (January, 1535)
* The 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)
** Siege of Älvsborg (September 4, 1563)
** Battle of Mared (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 or Första polska kriget
** Estonian campaign (August 1563)
** (June 9, 1565)
** (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)
** Siege 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)
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** 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 Å»arnów (September 6, 1655)
** Battle of Nowy Dwór (September 20, 1655)
** Battle of Wojnicz (September 23, 1655)
** Battle of Radom (February 2, 1656)
** (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)
** (April 21, 1703)
** Battle of Systerbäck (July 9, 1703)
** Battle of Wesenberg (June 16, 1704)
** Battle of Jakobstadt (July 26, 1704)
** (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)
* 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)
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** 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)
** (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.
* The Invasion of Åland, Swedish: Ålands expeditionen (1918)
** (17-19 February, 1918)
* The Congo crisis, Swedish: Kongokrisen (1960-1965)
** Port Francqui incident (April 28, 1961)
** Siege of Jadotville (13-17 September, 1961)
** Attack on Camp Massart (16 December, 1961)
** Operation Grandslam (28 December, 1962 - 15 January, 1963)
* The Bosnian War, Swedish: Bosnienkriget (6 April 1992 - 14 December 1995)
** Operation Bøllebank (April 29, 1994)
* The Second Congo War, Swedish: Andra Kongokriget (1998-2003)
** Operation Artemis (30 May, 2003 - 1 September, 2003)
* The , Swedish: Afghanistankriget (2001-2021)
** Counterinsurgency in Northern Afghanistan (April, 2009 - December, 2014)
References
Print
* Sundberg, Ulf (1998). Svenska krig 1521-1814. Stockholm: Hjalmarson & Högberg.
* Wild, Uwe. Das vergessene Gefecht der Schweden, Rosslau 1813. http://www.schweden-kavallerie.de/Fakten/Gefecht1813Rosslau.html
 
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