List of wars between Russia and Sweden

This is a list of wars between Russia, Sweden and their predecessor states.

Wars between Sweden and the Novgorod Republic

Date Conflict Kingdom of Sweden and allies Novgorod Republic and allies Result
1164 Battle of the Voronezhka River[1] Kingdom of Sweden Novgorod Republic Novgorodian victory
1187 Pillage of Sigtuna[2] Kingdom of Sweden Novgorod Republic?
Karelians?
Novgorodian victory
1236–1237 Tavastian uprising Kingdom of Sweden Tavastians Swedish victory
1238–1239 or
c. 1249–1250
Second Swedish Crusade Kingdom of Sweden Tavastians Swedish victory
1240 Battle of the Neva Kingdom of Sweden Novgorod Republic Novgorodian victory
1293–1295 Third Swedish Crusade Kingdom of Sweden Novgorod Republic Swedish victory
1300–1301 Neva campaign Kingdom of Sweden Novgorod Republic Novgorodian victory
1311–1314 Häme War[3] Kingdom of Sweden Novgorod Republic Inconclusive
1318 Attack on Åbo Kingdom of Sweden Novgorod Republic Inconclusive
1321–1323 Kexholm War Kingdom of Sweden Novgorod Republic Inconclusive
1338–1339 Sten Bielke's war against Novgorod Kingdom of Sweden Novgorod Republic Swedish victory
1348–1351 Magnus Eriksson's war with Novgorod[4] Kingdom of Sweden Novgorod Republic Inconclusive[5]
1377 Attack on Oulu[6][7] Kingdom of Sweden Novgorod Republic Swedish victory
1395 Storming of Yam Kingdom of Sweden Novgorod Republic Novgorodian victory
1396 Northern Ladoga Campaign [8] Kingdom of Sweden Novgorod Republic Inconclusive
1404 Swedish-Novgorodian conflict[9][10] Kingdom of Sweden Novgorod Republic Inconclusive
1408–1409 Swedish-Novgorodian conflict[9][10] Kingdom of Sweden Novgorod Republic Inconclusive
1411 Tiversk campaign[11] Kingdom of Sweden Novgorod Republic Swedish victory
1415 Campaign at the Gulf of Bothnia[12] Kingdom of Sweden Novgorod Republic Novgorodian victory
1444 Karl Knutsson's campaign against Novgorod Kalmar Union
Sweden
Teutonic Order
Livonian Order
Novgorod Republic
Pskov Republic
Swedish victory
1448 Novgorod's war against Karl Knutsson[13] Kingdom of Sweden Novgorod Republic Inconclusive

Wars between Sweden and Tsarist Russia

Date Conflict Sweden and allies Russia and allies Result
1468 Swedish landing at Narva[14] Kingdom of Sweden Novgorod Republic
Grand Duchy of Moscow
Russian victory
1475–1476 Russo–Swedish War (1475–1476) Kingdom of Sweden Grand Duchy of Moscow Swedish victory
1479–1482 Russo-Swedish War (1479–1482) Kingdom of Sweden Grand Duchy of Moscow Inconclusive
1495–1497 Russo-Swedish War (1495–1497) Kingdom of Sweden Grand Duchy of Moscow Disputed
1499 Border conflict at Nyslott Kingdom of Sweden Grand Duchy of Moscow Swedish victory
1554–1557 Russo-Swedish War (1554–1557) Kingdom of Sweden Tsardom of Russia Inconclusive
1558–1582 Livonian War Kingdom of Sweden
Livonian Confederation
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Denmark–Norway
Zaporozhian Cossacks
Principality of Transylvania (after 1577)[15]
Tsardom of Russia

Kingdom of Livonia

Swedish allied victory
1590–1595 Russo-Swedish War (1590–1595) Kingdom of Sweden Tsardom of Russia Disputed
1610–1617 Ingrian War Kingdom of Sweden Tsardom of Russia Swedish victory
1656 Samogitian Uprising (1656)[16] Kingdom of Sweden Samogitian rebels Uprising crushed
1656-1658 Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658) Kingdom of Sweden Tsardom of Russia Swedish victory
1700–1721 Great Northern War
Russian coalition victory
1741-1743 Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743) Sweden Russian Empire Russian victory
1788-1790 Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) Sweden Russian Empire

Denmark–Norway

Inconclusive, favourable outcome for Sweden
1808–1809 Finnish War Sweden Russian Empire Russian victory

See also

References

  1. ^ "Новгородская летопись". krotov.info. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  2. ^ "The Chronicle of Duke Erik : a Verse Epic from Medieval Sweden | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  3. ^ Sundberg 1998, p. 205.
  4. ^ Shkvarov 2012, pp. 32–33.
  5. ^ Nordberg 1996, p. 100.
  6. ^ Sundberg 1998, p. 187.
  7. ^ I. P. Shaskol'skii "Финляндский источник по географии Северной России и Финляндии середины XVI века." История географических знаний и открытий на Севере Европы (1973). pp.151-152
  8. ^ Sundberg 1998, p. 211.
  9. ^ a b Carlsson 1925.
  10. ^ a b Harrison 2002, p. 143.
  11. ^ Sundberg 1998, p. 243.
  12. ^ Shkvarov 2012, p. 35.
  13. ^ Sundberg 1998, p. 283.
  14. ^ Shkvarov 2012, p. 36.
  15. ^ Liptai 1984, p. .
  16. ^ Kotljarchuk 2006.

Works cited

  • Pashuto, Vladimir (1968). Внешняя политика Руси [The foreign policy of Rus'] (in Russian). Moscow: Nauka.
  • Liptai, E. (1984), Magyarország hadtörténete [Military history of Hungary] (in Hungarian), vol. 1, Zrínyi Katonai Kiadó, ISBN 963-326-320-4
  • Sundberg, Ulf (1998). Medeltidens svenska krig [Medieval Swedish Wars] (in Swedish) (1st ed.). Stockholm: Hjalmarson & Högberg. p. 458. 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. p. 347. ISBN 978-91-89315-63-1.
  • Shkvarov, Alexei (2012). Россия и Швеция. История военных конфликтов 1142-1809 [Russia and Sweden. The history of military conflicts 1142-1809] (in Russian). Saint-Petersburg: RME Group Oy:Алетейя. ISBN 978-5-91419-754-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  • Carlsson, G. (1925). "Tord Röriksson Bonde". sok.riksarkivet.se. National Archives of Sweden.
  • Harrison, Dick (2002). "Härskare i Finland" [Ruler in Finland]. Karl Knutsson: en biografi [Karl Knutsson: a biography] (in Swedish). Historiska Media. ISBN 9789189442580.
  • Nordberg, Michael [in Swedish] (1996). I kung Magnus tid: Norden under Magnus Eriksson: 1317-1374 [In the time of King Magnus: The North under Magnus Eriksson: 1317-1374] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. ISBN 9119521227.