Kingdom of Sweden (800–1397)
| Conflict | Sweden & its Allies | Sweden's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish–Gothic wars (500–800) Location: Sweden | Svealand | Geats | Victory
|
| Swedish slave revolts (500s) Location: Sweden | Svealand | Thralls | Defeat |
| Swedish slave revolts (500s) Location: Sweden | Svealand Thralls Geats | Danes (tribe) Ongentheow | Defeat |
| Swedish expedition to Courland (854) | Sweden | Curonians | Victory
|
| Swedish raids in the Mediterranean Sea (859) Location: Mediterranean Sea, Spain, Italy Luni, Italy | Swedes (Germanic tribe) | Islamic Spain Carolingian Empire | Victory[1][2] |
| Swedish expedition to Courland (862) | Sweden | Curonians | Victory
|
| Great Heathen Army (865–878) | Vikings | Wessex Northumbria Mercia East Anglia | Victory
|
| Olof the Brashs conquest of Denmark (900s) Location: Denmark | Swedes (Germanic tribe) | Denmark | Victory |
| Battle of Fýrisvellir Location: Uppsala | Sweden | Jomsviking | Victory |
| Erik the Victorious invasion of Denmark[3][4] (990s) Location: Hedeby Baltic Sea | Sweden | Denmark | Victory
|
| Viking invasion of the Holy Roman Empire[5] (990s) | Sweden Denmark |  Holy Roman Empire | Inconclusive |
| Olof Skötkonungs attack on Denmark Location: In Denmark | Sweden | Denmark | Victory
|
| Viking expedition to Wendland Location: In Wendland | Sweden | Wends | Victory |
| Battle of Svolder (999–1000) | Sweden Denmark Jarls of Lade | Norway | Victory
|
| Swedish Norwegian war (1015-1018)
| Sweden | Norway | Defeat[6] |
| Battle of Helgeå | Sweden Norway | North Sea Empire Kingdom of England | Defeat |
| (1042) Ingvar the Far-Travelleds expedition Location: Georgia (country) | Varangians |  Byzantine Empire | Defeat |
| Yaroslav the Wise and Mstislav of Chernigovs civil war Battle of Listven (1024)Location: Ukraine Russia | Kievan Rus' | Mstislav of Chernigov | Defeat |
| Swedish–Norwegian War (1063) Location: Vänern | Sweden | Kingdom of Norway | Defeat |
| Swedish–Norwegian War (1099–1101) Location: Unknown | Sweden | Norway | Inconclusive
|
| First Swedish Crusade (1150) Location: Unknown | Eric IX of Sweden, Henry (bishop of Finland) | Finns | Victory
|
| Sweyn III's invasion of Småland (1153) | Sweden | Denmark | Victory
|
| Harald Skraengs uprising (1182) | Harald Skraeng Sweden | Denmark | Revolt defeated |
| Pillage of Sigtuna (1187) Location: Sigtuna | Sweden | Pagans from Eastern Baltic (probably Estonians or Karelians) | Defeat
|
| Värmland campaign (1225/1249)[7] Location: Värmland | Sweden | Norway | Peace of Lödöse |
| Ösel pirate attack on Sweden (1226)[8] Location: Sweden | Sweden | Pirates from Ösel | Defeat |
| Attack on Tavastia (1227-1228)[9] Location: Tavastia | Sweden | Novgorod | Inconclusive |
| War of Deposition against Eric XI (1229)[10] Location: Unknown | Eric XI | Knut Långe | Victory for Knut Långe
|
| Eric XI's reinstatement war (1234)[11] Location: Unknown | Eric XI | Knut Långe | Victory for Eric XI
|
| Livonian Crusade (13th century) | Crusade | Pagans (Indigenous peoples) | Defeat |
| Tavastian uprising (1236–1237) Location: Finland | Sweden | Tavastians Novgorod Karelians | Victory
|
| Battle of Neva (1240) | Swedes, Norwegians, Finns and Tavastians | Novgorod Republic and Karelians | Defeat |
| First Folkung Uprising (1247)[12] Location: Sweden | Sweden | Folkung | Victory |
| Second Swedish Crusade (1249–1250) Location: Finland | Birger Jarl, Christians | Tavastians | Victory
|
| Second Folkung Uprising (1251)[13] Location: Sweden | Sweden | Folkung | Victory |
| Campaign against Narva (1256-1257)[14] Location: Unknown | Sweden
| Novgorod | Inconclusive |
| Battle of Hova | Valdemar's Forces | Duke Magnus's Forces | Defeat
|
| 6000 mark war (1276-1278) | Sweden | Denmark | Defeat
|
| Third Folkung Uprising (1278-1280)[15] Location: Sweden | Sweden | Folkung | Victory |
| Ladoga Campaign (1283-1284)[16] Location: Unknown | Sweden | Novgorod | Inconclusive |
| War in Gotland (1288) Location: Gotland | Visby | Gotland | Victory for Visby
|
| Swedish campaign against the Karelians and Izhorians (1292) Location: Unknown | Sweden | Karelians Izhorians | Defeat[17] |
| Third Swedish Crusade (1293-1295) Location: Finland | Sweden | Karelians Novgorod republic | Victory
|
| Neva Campaign (1300-1301)[18] Location: Neva river | Sweden | Novgorod | Defeat |
| Swedish Brother's Feud (1304–1310) Location: Sweden |  Sweden | Duke Eric and Valdemar's Forces | Victory |
| War on Gotland (1313)[19] Location: Gotland | Sweden | Gotland | Victory
|
| Tavastian war (1311-1314)[20] Location: Tavastia | Sweden | Novgorod Republic | Inconclusive |
| Uprisings in Hälsingland and Småland (1316-1317)[21] Location: Unknown | Sweden | Rebels in Hälsingland and Småland | Victory |
| Attack on Åbo (1318)[22] Location: Åbo | Sweden | Novgorod Republic | Inconclusive |
| War of Deposition against Birger Magnusson (1317-1319)[23] Location: Sweden | Birger Magnusson | Insurgents loyal to the Dukes Valdemar and Erik | Defeat |
| Kexholm war (1321-1323)[24] Location: Unknown | Sweden | Novgorod | Inconclusive |
| Swedish–Novgorodian Wars (1142–1323) Location: Finland | Sweden | Novgorod Republic | Treaty of Nöteborg |
| Campaign against Ingeborg (1323)[25] Location: Sweden | Sweden | Ingeborg of Norway | Victory |
| Mats Kettilmundssons war against Reval (1325-1326)[26] Location: Unknown | Sweden (Mats Kettilmundsson) | Reval | Inconclusive |
| Sten bielkes war against Novgorod (1338-1339)[27] Location: Novgorod | Sweden | Novgorod | Inconclusive
|
| Johan Offessons Uprising (1339)[28] Location: Sweden | Sweden | Johan Offesson | Victory |
| Kalundborg War (1341-1343)[29] Location: Sweden | Sweden | Denmark | Victory
|
| Expedition to Estonia (1343)[30] Location: Unknown | Sweden | Denmark | Inconclusive |
| Magnus's war against Russia (1348-1351)[31] Location: Unknown | Sweden | Novgorod | Truce of Dorprat |
| Campaign between Magnus and his son (1356-1359)[32] Location: Unknown | Magnus IV | Eric | Sweden is divided between the two |
| Valdemar Atterdags reconquest of Scania (1360)[33] Location: Scania | Sweden | Denmark | Defeat |
| Valdemar Atterdag's conquest of Gotland (1361)[34] Location: Gotland | Sweden | Denmark | Defeat |
| Danish-Hanseatic War (1361-1370) Location: Northern Germany, Scandinavia, and the Baltic Sea | First Phase (1361–1365) Second Phase (1367–1370) | First Phase (1361–1365)
| Victory First Phase: Danish Victory Second Phase: Hanseatic victory Hanseatic League gains control over several forts in Scania |
| War of deposition against Magnus (1363-1371)[35] Location: Unknown | Magnus IV | Albert of Mecklenburg | Victory for Albert
|
| Swedish involvement in the Danish war of succession (1379-1381)[36] Location: Unknown | Sweden | Denmark | Inconclusive |
| Invasion of Scania (1384)[37][38] Location: Unknown | Sweden | Denmark | Inconclusive
|
| War of deposition against Albrekt of Mecklenburg[39] (1388-1395) | Sweden | Denmark | Defeat
|
| Attack on Jama[40] (1395) | Sweden Kalmar Union | Novgorod Republic | Inconclusive |
| Northern Ladoga Campaign[41] (1396) | Sweden Kalmar Union | Novgorod Republic | Inconclusive |
.svg){kind=small}
.svg){kind=small}
Union of Kalmar (1397–1521)
| Conflict | Sweden & its Allies | Sweden's opposition | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campaign against the Victual Brothers[42] (1395-1398) | Sweden Kalmar Union | Victual Brothers | The Victual Brothers surrender their fortresses in Sweden |
| War in Gotland (1398) |  Sweden  Kalmar Union |  Teutonic Order | Gotland is conquered by the Teutonic Order |
| Campaign against Knut Bosson Grip[43] (1398) | Sweden Kalmar Union | Knut Bosson Grip | Grip surrenders his Finnish fortresses to the crown |
| Novgorod's attack in the north (1399)[44] Location: Unknown | Sweden Kalmar Union | Novgorodian Republic | Indecisive |
| War in Gotland (1403–1404) Location: Unknown | Sweden Kalmar Union | Teutonic Order | Teutonic victory |
| Engelbrekt rebellion (1434-1436) | Sweden | Kalmar Union | Swedish victory |
| Pukefejden (1436–1437) | Charles VIII of Sweden | Erik Puke | Erik Puke is executed |
| War against the Flemingar (1437)[45] | Sweden | Flemingar | Indecisive |
| Rebellion in Östergötaland (1437)[46] Location: Östergötland | Sweden | Rebels in Östergötaland | Uprising crushed |
| Värmland rebellion (1437-1438)[47] Location: Värmland | Sweden | Rebels in Värmland | Uprising crushed |
| David's Rebellion (1438-1439) | Sweden | Tavastian insurgents | Uprising quelled |
| Karl Knutssons campaign against Eric of Pomerania (1439-1440)[48] | Sweden | Eric of Pomerania | The remaining fortresses loyal to Eric fall |
| Karl Knutssons campaign against Novgorod (1444)[49] | Sweden | Novgorodian Republic | Indecisive |
| War in Gotland (1446)[50] | Sweden Kalmar Union | Eric of Pomerania | Indecisive |
| Novgorods war against Karl Knutsson (1448)[51] | Sweden | Novgorodian Republic | Indecisive |
| War on Gotland (1448-1449) | Sweden |  Eric of Pomerania  Denmark | Swedish failure |
| War for Norway (1448-1451) | Sweden | Denmark | Danish victory |
| Karl Knutssons war against Denmark (1449-1457)[52] | Sweden | Denmark | Christian I fails to retake the Swedish throne |
| War of deposition against Karl Knutsson (1457)[53] | Sweden | Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna | Christian I becomes King of Sweden |
| Battle of Haraker (1464) | Sweden | Denmark | Karl Knutsson regains the throne |
| Second War of deposition against Karl Knutsson (1464-1465)[54] | Sweden | Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna | Jöns Bengtsson takes power |
| War of depositon against Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna (1466-1467)[55] Location: Sweden | Sweden | Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna Denmark | Karl Knutsson retakes the throne |
| Dano-Swedish War (1468-1469)[56] Location: Sweden | Sweden | Denmark | Christian I fails to retake the throne |
| Erik Karlsson Vasa's Uprising (1469-1470)[57] Location: Sweden | Sweden |  Erik Karlsson Vasa | Uprising crushed |
| Dano-Swedish War (1469-1470)[58] Location: Sweden | Sweden | Denmark | Christian I fails to retake the throne |
| Dano-Swedish War (1470–1471) (1470–1471) Location: Sweden | Sweden | Denmark | Swedish Victory |
| First campaign to Livonia (1473-1475)[59] Location: Unknown | Sweden | Teutonic Order | Indecisive |
| Tott's first Russian war (1475―1476)[60] Location: Finland | Sweden | Grand Duchy of Moscow | Truce in December 1475 or early 1476 |
| Second campaign to Livonia (1478)[61] Location: Unknown | Sweden | Teutonic Order | Indecisive
|
| Tott's second Russian war (1479-1482)[62] Location: Finland | Sweden | Grand Duchy of Moscow | Truce in Novgorod 17 January 1482
|
| Third campaign to Livonia (1485-1486/1488)[63] Location: Unknown | Sweden | Teutonic Order | Indecisive, peace signed in 1488. |
| Sten Stures war against the Tott's (1487)[64] Location: Sweden | Sweden |  Tott | Tott family's power is reduced Gotland falls into Danish control |
| Russo-Swedish War (1495–1497) (1495–1497)[65] Location: Sweden | Sweden | Grand Duchy of Moscow | Swedish victory |
| Battle of Rotebro (1497) | Sweden | Denmark | Danish victory
|
| Border conflict at Nyslott (1499) Location: Nyslott | Sweden | Grand Duchy of Moscow | Swedish Victory
|
| War of Deposition against King Hans (1501-1503) Location: Sweden | Sweden | Denmark | Swedish Victory
|
| Dano-Swedish War (1501–1512) (1501–1512) Location: Sweden | Sweden Norwegian rebels (1501–1504)  Free City of Lübeck(From 1522) | Kalmar Union | Treaty of Malmö:
|
| Swedish War of Liberation (1521–23)[65] Location: Scandinavia | Sweden Free City of Lübeck (1509–12) | Kalmar Union | Kingdom of Sweden proclaims independence |
Kingdom of Sweden (1523–1611)
Swedish Empire (1611–1721)
.svg){kind=icon}
.svg){kind=small}
Age of Liberty (1718–1772)
| Conflict | Sweden & its Allies | Sweden's opposition | Outcome | Casualties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743) (Part of the War of the Austrian Succession)[65] | Sweden |  Russian Empire | Russian victory | 7000 |
| Dalecarlian rebellion (1743) (1743) Location: Sweden | Sweden | Dalecarlian rebels | Rebellion crushed | +150 |
| Expedition to the Mediterranean (1759-1760)[76] Location: Mediterranean Sea |  Sweden | Pirates | Successful expedition | None |
| Pomeranian War (13 September 1757 – 22 May 1762)[65] Location: Swedish Pomerania, Prussian Pomerania, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Schwerin | Sweden Russian Empire |  Prussia | Prussian victory Status quo ante bellum | A couple thousands |
| Tunis-Swedish War (1763)[77] Location: Mediterranean | Sweden |  Tunis .svg){kind=small} Ottoman Empire (De-jure) | Inconclusive | Unknown |
Gustavian era (1772-1809)
| Conflict | Sweden & its Allies | Sweden's opposition | Outcome | Casualties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle of Ibiza (28–29 February 1780) |  Swedish Navy |  United Kingdom | Swedish victory | 3 |
| Theatre War 1788–1789 Location: Sweden | Sweden Supported by: |  Denmark–Norway | Status quo ante bellum
| 5 |
| Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)[65] Location: Finland, Baltic Sea, Sweden | Sweden | Russian Empire Denmark-Norway(1788–1789)[78] | Favourable outcome for Sweden; Status quo ante bellum | 3000 |
| Swedish–Algerian war of 1791–1792 (1791-1792) Location: Mediterranean | Sweden |  Regency of Algiers Ottoman Empire (De-jure) | Sweden agrees to pay tribute | Unknown |
| First Barbary War (10 May 1801 – 10 June 1805)[65] Location: Off the Mediterranean coast of Tripoli; Derna |  United States Sweden (1801–02) Sicily[79][80] |  Tripolitania
| Peace Treaty | Unknown |
| Franco-Swedish War (31 October 1805 – 6 January 1810)[65] Location: Swedish Pomerania | Co-belligerents:
| Co-belligerents:
| French victory | +6000 |
| Finnish War (21 February 1808 – 17 September 1809)[65] Location: Scandinavia | Supported by: | Supported by: | Russian victory | 7000 |
| Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809 (1808–1809) Location: Scandinavia | Supported by: | Status quo ante bellum | ~200 |
Kingdom of Sweden (1809–1814)
| Conflict | Sweden & its Allies | Sweden's opposition | Outcome | Casualties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Barthélemy Mutiny (1810) Location: Saint Barthélemy | Sweden | Mutineers | Mutinist victory | Unknown |
| Anglo-Swedish War (1810–1812)[65] Location: N/A | Sweden | United Kingdom | Status quo ante bellum | None |
| War of the Sixth Coalition (3 March 1813 – 30 May 1814)[65] Location: Central and Eastern Europe, France, Italy | Original coalition After the Armistice of Pläswitz After the Battle of Leipzig After January 1814 |  FranceUntil January 1814
| Coalition victory | Unknown |
| Swedish–Norwegian War (1814)[65] Location: Norway | Supported by:
|  Norway | Swedish victory | 400 |
United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway (1814–1905)
| Conflict | Sweden & its Allies | Sweden's opposition | Outcome | Casualties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Schleswig War (1848–1851) | Denmark
Supported by: Russian Empire United Kingdom Sweden-Norway France |  German Confederation | Danish victory | 1 (not including volunteers) |
| Capture of Manuel Briones (1851 or 1852) |  Sweden | Pirates | Swedish-Ecuadorian victory | None |
Kingdom of Sweden (1905–present)
Cite error: There are <ref group=note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=note}} template (see the help page).
🔥 Top keywords: Main PageSpecial:SearchWikipedia:Featured picturesYasukeHarrison ButkerRobert FicoBridgertonCleopatraDeaths in 2024Joyce VincentXXXTentacionHank AdamsIt Ends with UsYouTubeNew Caledonia2024 Indian general electionHeeramandiDarren DutchyshenSlovakiaKingdom of the Planet of the ApesAttempted assassination of Robert FicoLawrence WongBaby ReindeerXXX: Return of Xander CageThelma HoustonFuriosa: A Mad Max SagaMegalopolis (film)Richard GaddKepler's SupernovaWicked (musical)Sunil ChhetriXXX (2002 film)Ashley MadisonAnya Taylor-JoyPlanet of the ApesNava MauYoung SheldonPortal:Current eventsX-Men '97