List of wars between Russia and Sweden
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This is a list of wars between Russia, Sweden and their predecessor states.
- Russian or Novgorodian victory
- Swedish victory
- Another result
Wars between Sweden and the Novgorod Republic[edit]
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Wars between Sweden and Russia[edit]
| War | Notes | Treaty | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russo-Swedish War (1475–1476) | Caused by the construction of Olofsborg. | Truce in December 1475 or early 1476 | Indecisive |
| Russo-Swedish War (1479–1482) | Caused by the continued construction of Olofsborg | Truce in Novgorod 1482 | Indecisive |
| Russo-Swedish War (1495–1497) | Result of an alliance between Ivan III of Russia and John of Denmark. | Peace of Novgorod 1497 | Swedish victory |
| Border conflict at Nyslott (1499) | Russian attempts to move the border so that Nyslott was placed inside Russian territory | Truce in 1504 | Swedish victory |
| Russo-Swedish War (1554–1557) | Prelude to the Livonian War. | Treaty of Novgorod (1557) | Disputed |
| Livonian War (1558–1582) | Fought for control of Old Livonia in the territory of present-day Estonia and Latvia. | Treaty of Plussa | Swedish victory |
| Russo-Swedish War (1590–1595) | Instigated by Boris Godunov in the hope of gaining the territory of the Ingria. | Treaty of Teusina | Swedish victory |
| Ingrian War (1610–1617) | Including an attempt to put a Swedish duke on the Russian throne. | Treaty of Stolbovo | Swedish victory |
| Samogitian Uprising (1656)[8] | An uprising against Sweden due to the signing of the Union of Kedainai, Russia gave their support to the insurgents. | No treaty signed | Uprising crushed |
| Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658) | Part of the Second Northern War. | Treaty of Cardis | Swedish victory |
| Great Northern War (1700–1721) | Conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Baltic Sea. | Treaty of Nystad | Russian coalition victory |
| Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743) | Also known as the Hats' Russian War. | Treaty of Åbo | Russian victory |
| Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) | Also known as Gustav III's Russian War in Sweden, and Catherine II's Swedish War in Russia. | Treaty of Värälä | Indecisive, favourable outcome for Sweden |
| Finnish War (1808–1809) | Resulted in the eastern third of Sweden being established as the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland within the Russian Empire. | Treaty of Fredrikshamn | Russian victory |
See also[edit]
- Swedish–Novgorodian Wars – A series of conflicts between the 12th and 14th centuries.
- History of the Russo-Turkish wars
- List of armed conflicts involving Poland against Russia – Russo-Polish Wars
- List of wars involving Russia
- List of wars involving Sweden
- Russo-Finnish wars – series of wars between the USSR and Finland
- Russo-Persian Wars – Series of conflicts between 1651 and 1828
- Swedish intervention in Persia
- Invasion of Åland
Notes[edit]
- ^ LELIS, ARNOLD A. “THE VIEW FROM THE NORTHWEST: THE CHRONICLE OF NOVGOROD AS THE MIRROR OF LOCAL EXPERIENCE OF RUS’ HISTORY, 1016-1333.” Russian History, vol. 32, no. 3/4, 2005, pp. 389–99. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/24663271. Accessed 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Новгородская летопись". krotov.info. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
- ^ "Сигтунский поход 1187 г." www.aroundspb.ru. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
- ^ "The Chronicle of Duke Erik : a Verse Epic from Medieval Sweden | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
- ^ a b Sundberg (1999), p. 205.
- ^ Sundberg (1999), p. 211.
- ^ Sundberg (1999), p. 283.
- ^ Kotljarchuk (2006).
References[edit]
- Sundberg, Ulf (1999). Medeltidens svenska krig (1st ed.). Stockholm: Hjalmarson & Högberg. ISBN 9189080262.
- Kotljarchuk, Andrej (2006). In the Shadows of Poland and Russia: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Sweden in the European Crisis of the Mid-17th Century. Stockholm University. ISBN 978-91-89315-63-1.