List of wars involving Denmark
This is a list of wars and war-like conflicts involving the modern Kingdom of Denmark and predecessor states.
- Danish victory
- Danish defeat
- Another result *
*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Denmark, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result.
700–1300
| Year | War | Belligerents (excluding Denmark) | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allies | Enemies | |||
| c. 770 | Harald Wartooth's invasion of Sweden | Denmark | Sweden | Viking victory
|
| c.770 | Battle of Brávellir | Denmark Wends Eastern Geats |
Sweden Estonians Western Geats |
Defeat
|
| 780s-850 | Viking invasions of England | Norse Vikings |
Kingdom of England | Viking victory
|
| 810–811 | Invasion of Frisia | Danish Kingdom | Francia | Viking victory
|
| 813 | Halfdan the Mild's revolt | Danish Kingdom | Halfdan the Mild |
Revolt successful Denmark is expelled and Vestfold gains independence. |
| 838 | Battle of Hingston Down | Danish Vikings Cornwall |
Anglo-Saxons | Defeat
|
| 845 | Siege of Paris (845) | Danish Vikings | Francia | Viking victory
|
| 851 | Battle of Aclea | Danish Vikings | Kingdom of Wessex | Defeat
|
| 853 | Invasion of Courland | Danish Vikings | Curonians | Defeat
|
| 859 | Viking raid on Nekor[1][2][3] (ca. 859) |
Norse Vikings | Kingdom of Nekor | Viking victory
|
| 865–878 | Great Heathen Army's invasion of England | Norse Vikings Norse–Gaels |
Anglo-Saxon kingdoms: | Viking victory
|
| 866 | Battle of Brissarthe | Danish Vikings Brittany |
Francia | Viking victory
|
| 880 | Battle of Thimeon | Danish Vikings | West Francia | Defeat
|
| 881 | Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu | Danish Vikings | West Francia | Defeat
|
| 882 | Siege of Asselt | Danish Vikings | East Francia | Defeat
|
| 885–886 | Siege of Paris (885–886) | Danish Vikings | West Francia | Stalemate |
| 891 | Battle of Leuven (891) | Danish Kingdom | East Francia | Defeat
|
| 899–902 | Æthelwold's Revolt | Followers of Æthelwold ætheling Supported by: Danes of Northumbria Kingdom of East Anglia |
Followers of Edward the Elder: | Defeat
|
| 902 | Battle of the Holme | Danish Vikings | Followers of Edward the Elder: | Viking victory
|
| 900s | Olof the Brashs conquest of Denmark |
Danish Kingdom | Olof the Brash | Defeat
Victory for Olof |
| 911 | Siege of Chartres (911) | Danish Vikings | West Francia | Stalemate
|
| 939 | Battle of Trans-la-Forêt | Danish Vikings | West Francia Brittany |
Defeat
|
| 955–961 | War between King Haakon the Good and the sons of Eirik Bloodaxe | Sons of Eric Bloodaxe Kingdom of Denmark |
Norway | Defeat
|
| 974 | German–Danish War of 974 | Kingdom of Denmark Kingdom of Norway |
Holy Roman Empire Norwegian Rebels |
Defeat
|
| mid-980s | Sweyn's revolt against Harald Bluetooth | Sweyn Forkbeard | Harald Bluetooth | Victory for Sweyn Forkbeard
|
| 986 | Battle of Fýrisvellir | Kingdom of Denmark Jomsvikings |
Sweden | Defeat
|
| 986 | Battle of Hjörungavágr | Kingdom of Denmark Jomsvikings |
Norway | Defeat
|
| 986 | Norwegian-Jomsviking War |
Kingdom of Denmark Jomsvikings |
Norway | Defeat
|
| 992 | Erik the Victorious invasion of Denmark | Danish Kingdom | Sweden | Defeat Swedish victory[4][5] |
| mid-990s | Eric the Victorious invasion of the Holy Roman Empire | Danish Kingdom | Holy Roman Empire | Stalemate Stade and Northern Germany gets pillaged and plundered by Vikings. Eric, however, fails to permanently capture land in the Holy Roman Empire. |
| 1000 | Battle of Svolder | Kingdom of Denmark Sweden Earldom of Lade |
Norway | Allied Victory
|
| 1001 | First Battle of Alton | Kingdom of Denmark | Anglo-Saxons | Danish victory
|
| 1001 | Battle of Pinhoe | Kingdom of Denmark | Kingdom of England | Danish victory |
| 1004 | Battle of Thetford | Kingdom of Denmark | Norway Anglo-Saxons |
Anglo-Norwegian Victory |
| 1010 | Battle of Ringmere | Danish Vikings | Anglo-Saxons | Viking victory |
| 1013 | Sweyn Forkbeards invasion of England | Kingdom of Denmark | Kingdom of England | Danish victory
|
| 1015–1016 | Olav II's conquest of Norway (1015–1016)
|
Kingdom of Sweden Kingdom of Denmark Earldom of Orkney |
Kingdom of Norway | Defeat
|
| 1016 | Cnut the Great's invasion of England | Kingdom of Denmark Kingdom of Norway |
Kingdom of England | Dano-Norwegian victory
|
| 1026 | Battle of Helgeå | Kingdom of Denmark Kingdom of England |
Sweden Norway |
Anglo-Danish victory
|
| 1028–1029 | Cnut's Invasion of Norway | North Sea Empire | Norway | Anglo-Danish victory
|
| 1031 | Battle of Stiklestad | The "Peasant Army".loyal to Cnut the Great. | Norway | Peasant victory
|
| 1031 | Cnuts expedition to Scotland | North Sea Empire | Kingdom of Scotland | victory for the North Sea Empire
|
| c.1034 | Annexation of Strathclyde | Kingdom of Scotland North Sea Empire |
Kingdom of Strathclyde | Scottish victory
|
| 1043 | Magnus the Good's conquest of Denmark |
Denmark |
Kingdom of Norway | Defeat
|
| 1043 | Battle of Lyrskov Heath | Norway | Wends | Norwegian and Danish Loyalist victory |
| 1043 | Norwegian-Wendish War | Norway | Wends | Norwegian and Danish Loyalist victory
|
| 1048–1064 | Invasion of Denmark | Denmark |
Norway | Victory
|
| 1069–1075 | Danish attacks on Norman England | Denmark Earl of Northumbria |
Norman England | Stalemate |
| 1086 | Peasant rebellion in Vendsyssel | Denmark | peasants | Defeat
|
| 1093 | Battle of Schmilau | Prince Henry Denmark Saxony |
Obotrites | Victory
|
| 1096 | Magnus's raids on Halland | Denmark | Norway | Defeat |
| 1131–1157 | Danish Civil War (Civil war)[7] | Valdemar I of Denmark |
Sweyn III of Denmark | Valdemar Victory
|
| 1136 | Erik Emunes invasion of Rügen | Denmark | Rani | Danish Victory
|
| 1144–1147 | Wendish Crusade | Denmark Kingdom of Poland Holy Roman Empire |
Polabian Slavs West Slavs |
Victory |
| 1168 or 1169 | Siege of Arkona | Denmark | Rani | Danish Victory
|
| 1170 | Battle of Julin Bridge | Denmark | Pomerania | Danish Victory
|
| 1181 | Battle of Dösjebro | Royalists | Scanian rebels | Royalist Victory |
| 1182 | Harald Skraengs uprising | Harald Skraeng Sweden |
Denmark | Victory Uprising quelled |
| 1184 | Battle of Greiswald Bay[8] | Denmark | Pomerania Supported by: Holy Roman Empire |
Danish Victory |
| 1189–1192 | Third Crusade | Angevin Empire Kingdom of France Kingdom of Jerusalem Republic of Pisa |
Ayyubids
|
Crusader Victory |
| 1191 | Danish Crusade of 1191[9] | Denmark | Finnish tribes | Unknown result
|
| 1192 | Invasion of Bishop Valdemar[10] | Denmark | DenmarkBishop Valdemar Supported by: Sweden[11] Norway[12] Hohenstaufen Holstein Ratzeburg Brandenburg |
Victory
|
| 1201 | Battle of Stellau | Denmark | County of Holstein | Danish Victory
|
| 1201 | Danish Crusade of 1201 | Denmark | Finnish tribes | Indecisive
|
| 1203–1290 | Livonian Crusade | Sword-Brothers Livonian Order Denmark Sweden |
Indigenous peoples | Victory |
| 1204–1208 | The Second Bagler War | Denmark Bagler Party |
Birkebeiner | Peace
|
| 1210 | Battle of Gestilren | Denmark House of Sverker | Sweden House of Eric | Defeat
|
| 1210 | Invasion of Pomeralia | Denmark | Pomeralia | Danish Victory
|
| 1219 | Battle of Lyndanisse | Denmark | Non-Christian Estonians | Danish Victory
|
| 1225 | Battle of Mölln (1225) | Denmark | County of Schwerin | Defeat
|
| 1227 | Danish–German war | Denmark | County of Holstein Hanseatic League |
Defeat
|
| 1240–1242 | Livonian campaign against Rus' | Livonian Order Denmark |
Novgorod Republic | Defeat |
| 1245 | Battle of Embo | Denmark Norway |
Kingdom of Scotland | Defeat |
| 1250 | Expedition against Frisia | Denmark | Frisian rebels | Defeat
|
| 1256-1257 | Halland War | Denmark | Norway | Defeat
|
| 1259-1261 | The Archbishop War[14] | Margaret | Lund Archbishopric Schleswig Rügen |
Defeat |
| 1274-1275 | The war against Valdemar Birgersson | Denmark Magnus III of Sweden |
Sweden | Victory
|
| 1276–1278 | 6000-mark war | Denmark | Sweden | Victory
|
| 1289–1295 | Danish-Norwegian War | Denmark | Norway Danish outlaws |
Defeat
|
1300–1500
| Year | War | Belligerents (excluding Denmark) | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allies | Enemies | |||
| 1304–1310 | The Swedish brother's feud | Denmark Birger Magnusson |
Norway Duke Eric and Valdemar |
Victory |
| 1316 | Battle of Gransee | Denmark Duchy of Mecklenburg |
Margraviate of Brandenburg | Victory |
| 1326–1354 | Wars of the Rügen Succession | Christopher II Duchy of Mecklenburg |
Pomerania Gerhard III |
Stalemate |
| 1326 | Rebellion of 1326 | Christopher II | Gerhard III | Defeat
|
| 1328–1328 | Revolts against Valdemar III | Denmark | Peasants on Jutland and Zealand | Victory
|
| 1340–1360 | Reunification of Denmark | Denmark | Holstein Sweden |
Victory
|
| 1341–1343 | Kalundborg War | Denmark Lübeck |
Sweden Holstein |
Defeat |
| 1343–1345 | St. George's Night Uprising | Teutonic Order | Revala Harria Rotalia Vironia Oeselia |
Victory
|
| 1360 | Valdemar Atterdag's invasion of Scania | Denmark | Sweden | Victory |
| 1361 | Valdemar Atterdag's invasion of Gotland | Denmark | Sweden | Victory |
| 1361–1365 | First Dano-Hanseatic War | Denmark | Norway | Victory
|
| 1367–1370 | Great Hanseatic War[15] | Denmark Norway |
Confederation of Cologne Sweden |
Defeat |
| 1384 | Swedish invasion of Scania[16][17] | Denmark | Sweden | * Truce likely signed in 1384 Temporary capture of Laholm by Sweden, followed by subsequent retreat |
| 1389 | Battle of Åsle | Denmark Swedish Nobles |
Duchy of Mecklenburg Sweden |
Victory
|
| 1392–1398 | War with the Victual Brothers | Kalmar Union | Victual Brothers | Victory
|
| 1403–1400 | War in Gotland (1403–1404) | Kalmar Union | Teutonic Order | Teutonic victory
|
| 1410–1422 | Eric of Pommeranias First Schleswig War[18] | Kalmar Union | House of Schaumburg | Peace agreement
|
| 1426–1435 | Dano-Hanseatic War | Kalmar Union | House of Schaumburg Hanseatic League |
Defeat
|
| 1434–1436 | Engelbrekt rebellion | Kalmar Union | Swedish rebels | Defeat
|
| 1436 | Amund Sigurdssons Rebellion | Kalmar Union | Norwegian peasants | Victory
|
| 1438 | Hallvard Graatops Revolt | Kalmar Union | Norwegian peasants | Victory
|
| 1438–1441 | Dutch–Hanseatic War | Hanseatic League Denmark |
Burgundy:
Norway |
Victory |
| 1441 | Battle of St. Jørgensbjerg[19] | Kalmar Union | Peasant army under Henrik Reventlow | Victory
|
| 1448–1449 | War on Gotland (1448–1449) | Eric of Pomerania Supported by: Denmark |
Sweden Supported by: Gutes |
Victory
|
| 1448–1451 | War of the Norwegian Succession | Denmark Pro-Danish Norwegians |
Sweden Pro-Swedish Norwegians |
Pro-Danish Victory
|
| 1448–1502 | Krummedige-Tre Rosor feud |
Krummedige family Denmark |
Tre Rosor family Sweden |
Krummedige victory
|
| 1451–1457 | Dano-Swedish War (1451-1457) | Denmark Erik Axelsson Tott |
Sweden | Victory
|
| 1454–1466 | Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466) | Teutonic Order | Kingdom of Poland
Supported by: Prussian Confederation |
Defeat |
| 1464 | Battle of Haraker | Kalmar Union | Sweden | Defeat
|
| 1466–1467 | War of Deposition against Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna | Supporters of Jöns Bengtsson Denmark |
Rebels under Nils Sture | Defeat
|
| 1470–1471 | Dano-Swedish War (1470–1471) | Kalmar Union | Sweden | Defeat
|
| 1497 | Battle of Rotebro | Denmark | Sweden | Victory |
1500–1699
1700–1799
1800–1945
1946–present
Notes
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- ^ The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, which was headed by the Taliban and governed 90 percent of Afghanistan, officially declared their neutrality in the conflict, though several Taliban factions went on to fight on the side of the opposition nonetheless.[29]
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