List of German–Swedish wars

This is a List of German–Swedish wars. This includes historically German states such as the Teutonic Order, the Holy Roman Empire and Brandenburg-Prussia.


   Swedish victory - 9
   German victory - 6
   Another result - 5

War Sweden and allies Germans and allies Treaty Result
Eric the Victorious' invasion of the Holy Roman Empire[1] Sweden
Denmark
Holy Roman Empire Unknown German victory
  • Failure of the invasion
  • Looting of Stade
  • Many prisoners and loot taken by the Swedes.
Second Folkung Uprising[2] Sweden Folkung
  • Danes
  • Germans
Unknown Swedish victory
  • Execution of Filip Knutsson
Kalundborg War Sweden
Holstein
Denmark
Lübeck
Rostock
Hamburg
Stralsund
Wismar
Greifswald
Treaty of Helsingborg
Treaty of Varberg
Swedish-Holsteiner victory
Expedition to Estonia (1343)[3] Sweden Denmark
Teutonic Order
Unknown Indecisive
  • Swedish troops did not arrive quickly enough to engage in combat
War in Gotland (1398) Sweden Teutonic Order Capitulation of 1398 Teutonic victory
  • Gotland is conquered by the Teutonic Order.
War in Gotland (1403–1404) Sweden Teutonic Order Truce of Slite 1404
Truce of Visby 1404
Teutonic victory
  • Gotland remains in Teutonic hands until it is purchased by the Kalmar Union.
First campaign to Livonia (1473-1475)[4] Sweden
Reval
Teutonic Order Unknown Indecisive
Second campaign to Livonia (1478)[5] Sweden
Reval
Teutonic Order Capitulation in Livonia 1478 Indecisive
Third campaign to Livonia (1485-1486)[6] Sweden
Reval
Teutonic Order Peace of Reval 1488 Indecisive
Claus Kurssell's coup Sweden German mercenaries Unknown Revolutionary failure
  • Execution of Claus Kursstell
Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629) Sweden Poland–Lithuania
Holy Roman Empire
Treaty of Altmark Swedish victory
Thirty Years War Sweden
France
Holy Roman Empire Treaty of Westphalia Franco–Swedish victory[7]
  • Wismar, Wollin, Western Pomerania, and Bremen-Verden ceded to Sweden
Torstenson War Sweden Denmark
Holy Roman Empire
Second Treaty of Brömsebro (1645) Swedish victory
First Bremian War Sweden Bremen Treaty of Stade (1654) Swedish victory
Second Northern War Sweden Poland–Lithuania
Denmark–Norway
Habsburg Monarchy
Tsardom of Russia
Brandenburg–Prussia
Dutch Republic
Treaty of Oliva Swedish victory[8]
Second Bremian War Sweden Bremen
Denmark–Norway
Electorate of Brandenburg
Dutch Republic
Treaty of Habenhausen Bremian victory
Scanian War Sweden
France
Denmark–Norway
Brandenburg–Prussia
Holy Roman Empire
Dutch Republic
Treaty of Habenhausen Stalemate
  • Sweden cedes most of its territory east of the Oder to Brandenburg-Prussia.
Great Northern War (1700-1721) Sweden Prussia
Russia
Denmark
Poland-Lithuania
Treaties of Stockholm Coalition victory
Pomeranian War Sweden
Russia
Prussia Treaty of Hamburg (1762) Prussian victory[9]
  • Status quo ante bellum
German campaign of 1813 (Part of the Napoleonic Wars) Sweden
United Kingdom
Russia
Netherlands
Confederation of the Rhine
France
Denmark-Norway
Coalition victory

References

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  1. ^ Adam av Bremen (1984) pp. 87–8 (Book II, Chapters 31-32).
  2. ^ Sundberg, Ulf (1999). Medeltidens svenska krig (1st ed.). Stockholm: Hjalmarson & Högberg. p. 77. ISBN 9189080262.
  3. ^ Sundberg, Ulf (1999). Medeltidens svenska krig (1st ed.). Stockholm: Hjalmarson & Högberg. p. 151. ISBN 9189080262.
  4. ^ Sundberg, Ulf (1999). Medeltidens svenska krig (1st ed.). Stockholm: Hjalmarson & Högberg. p. 345. ISBN 9189080262.
  5. ^ Sundberg, Ulf (1999). Medeltidens svenska krig (1st ed.). Stockholm: Hjalmarson & Högberg. p. 349. ISBN 9189080262.
  6. ^ Sundberg, Ulf (1999). Medeltidens svenska krig (1st ed.). Stockholm: Hjalmarson & Högberg. p. 355. ISBN 9189080262.
  7. ^ CRAMER, FREDERICK H. “WHO WON THE THIRTY YEARS’ WAR?” Current History, vol. 11, no. 62, 1946, pp. 290–300. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/45306965. Accessed 25 Jan. 2024.
  8. ^ KISER, EDGAR, et al. “THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REVOLT AND WAR IN EARLY MODERN WESTERN EUROPE.” Journal of Political & Military Sociology, vol. 22, no. 2, 1994, pp. 305–24. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/45371312. Accessed 6 Dec. 2023.
  9. ^ Sundberg, Ulf (2002). Svenska krig (1521-1814) (1st ed.). Stockholm: Hjalmarson & Högberg. p. 327. ISBN 9789189660106.