This is a list of wars fought by the realm of Sweden. There are legendary accounts of Swedish kings well into prehistory and they are mentioned by Tacitus in his Germania, but St. Olof Skötkonung (995–1022) was the first ruler documented to have been accepted by both the Swedes around Lake Mälaren and by the Geats around Lake Vättern. The modern state of Sweden considers itself to have been established on 6 June 1523 by the acclamation of Gustav Vasa as king which finally ended the Kalmar Union with Denmark, although the current Swedish constitution dates to 1974.
Military engagements since 1814 have not been formally declared wars.
| Year | War | Conclusion |
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| 11th century | ||
| 1015–1018 | Norwegian-Swedish War | Treaty of Kungahälla (1020) |
| 12th century | ||
| c. 1150 | "First Swedish Crusade" | |
| 1187 | Oeselians invade Sigtuna | |
| 13th century | ||
| 1220 | Livonian Crusade | Estonians repel Swedish invasion. |
| c. 1250 | Second Swedish Crusade | Finland becomes part of Sweden |
| 14th century | ||
| 1142–1322 | Swedish–Novgorodian Wars, including the "Third Swedish Crusade" | Treaty of Nöteborg (1323) |
| 15th century | ||
| 1495–1497 | Russo-Swedish War (1495–97)[1] | Eternal Peace of 1508 |
| 16th century | ||
| 1521–1523 | Swedish War of Liberation (Befrielsekriget)[1] |
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| 1534–1536 | Danish Count's Feud (Danska Grevefejden)[1] | Armistice of Copenhagen (1537) |
| 1542–1543 | Dacke War | Peasant uprising against the crown defeated, uprising leader Nils Dacke executed |
| 1554–1557 | Russo-Swedish War (1554–57) (Stora ryska kriget)[1] | |
| 1563–1570 | Northern Seven Years' War (Nordiska sjuårskriget)[1] |
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| 1570–1595 | Livonian War (1558–83) and Russo-Swedish War (1590–95) (25-årskriget mot Ryssland)[1] |
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| 1598–1599 | War against Sigismund (Kriget mot Sigismund)[1] |
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| 17th century | ||
| 1600–1629 | Polish War (Polska kriget)[1] |
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| 1609–1610 | De la Gardie Campaign (De la Gardieska fälttåget)[1] | |
| 1610–1617 | Ingrian War (Ingermanländska kriget)[1] |
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| 1611–1613 | Kalmar War (Kalmarkriget)[1] | Treaty of Knäred (1613) |
| 1630–1648 | Thirty Years' War (Trettioåriga kriget)[1] |
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| 1643–1645 | Torstenson War (Torstensonkriget)[1] |
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| 1654 | First Bremian War (Första bremiska kriget)[1] |
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| 1655–1661 | Second Northern War (Nordiska krigen)[1] |
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| 1666 | Second Bremian War (Andra bremiska kriget)[1] |
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| 1667–1668 | War of Devolution (Devolutionskriget) | France makes territorial gains in the Spanish Netherlands |
| 1674–1679 | Scanian War (Skånska kriget)[1] |
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| 1688–1691 | Nine Years' War (Pfalziska tronföljdskriget)[2] | |
| 18th century | ||
| 1700–1721 | Great Northern War (Stora nordiska kriget)[1] |
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| 1741–1743 | Hats' Russian War (Hattarnas ryska krig)[1] |
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| 1757–1762 | Seven Years' War (Pommerska kriget)[1] | Treaty of Hamburg (1762) |
| 1788–1790 | Gustav III's Russian War (Gustav III:s ryska krig)[1] |
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| 1788–1789 | Theater War (Teaterkriget)[1] | Status quo ante bellum |
| 19th century | ||
| 1801–1802 | First Barbary War (Barbareskkriget 1801–1805) | |
| 1805–1810 | War of the Fourth Coalition (Första napoleonkriget)[1] | Treaty of Paris (1810) |
| 1808–1809 | Finnish War (Finska kriget)[1] |
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| 1808–1809 | Dano-Swedish War of 1808-1809 (Dansk-svenska kriget 1808–1809)[1] | Status quo ante bellum |
| 1810–1812 | War against United Kingdom (Kriget mot Storbritannien)[1] | Treaty of Örebro (1812) |
| 1813–1814 | War of the Sixth Coalition (Andra napoleonkriget)[1] |
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| 1814 | Campaign against Norway (Fälttåget mot Norge)[1] |
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| 20th century | ||
| 1961–1964 | Congo Crisis (as part of ONUC) | debellation of the State of Katanga |
| 1992–1995 | Bosnian War (as part of UNPROFOR) | Dayton Agreement |
| 21st century | ||
| 2001–present | War in Afghanistan (as part of ISAF) | ongoing |
| 2011 | Libyan civil war | debellation of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
See also[]
- Realm of Sweden
- Dominions of Sweden
- List of Swedish military commanders
- List of Swedish Field Marshals
- List of Swedish regiments
References[]
The original article can be found at List of wars involving Sweden and the edit history here.