This is a list of wars between Russia, Sweden and their predecessor states.
Swedish victory - 10
Russian victory - 9
Another result - 18
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Wars between Sweden and the Novgorod Republic
| War | Notes | Treaty | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battle of the Voronezhka River[1] | Mentioned in the Novgorod First Chronicle. | Novgorodian victory | |
| Pillage of Sigtuna (1187)[2][3] | The identity of the attackers is unknown. The Eric Chronicle from the 1320s identifies the attackers as Karelians, but it is not considered a very reliable source. Russian chronicles make no mention of the event.[4] | Anti-Swedish coalition victory | |
| Attack on Tavastia (1227–1228)[5] | Indecisive | ||
| Tavastian uprising (1236–1237) | Novgorod aids Tavastian insurgents in their fight against Sweden. | Swedish victory | |
| Battle of the Neva (~1240) | It is unknown if Sweden conducted a full-scale invasion of Novgorod or if it was a minor raid. | Novgorodian victory | |
| Second Swedish Crusade (~1249–1250) | Novgorod attempts to stop Swedish eastward expansion into Finland. | Swedish victory | |
| Campaign against Narva (1256–1257)[5] | Indecisive | ||
| Ladoga Campaign (1283–1284)[5] | Indecisive | ||
| Third Swedish Crusade (1293–1295) | Novgorod attempts to stop Swedish eastward expansion into Finland. | Swedish victory | |
| Neva Campaign (1300–1301) | Torkel Knutsson attempts to Invade Novgorod | Novgorodian victory | |
| Tavastian war (1311–1314)[5] | Indecisive | ||
| Attack on Åbo (1318)[5] | Novgorodian victory | ||
| Kexholm war (1321–1323) | Treaty of Nöteborg | Agreement reached | |
| Sten Bielkes war against Novgorod (1338–1339)[5] | Second peace with Russia | Indecisive | |
| Magnus Eriksson's first crusade to Novgorod (1348-1349) | The war started when Magnus Eriksson threatened Novgorod with war if they did not convert to Catholicism. | Novgorodian victory[6] | |
| Magnus Eriksson's second crusade to Novgorod (1350–1351) | Magnus Eriksson interpreted the Black Death as God's punishment against the Swedes for not succeeding in converting the Novgorodians to Catholicism, so he decided to conduct a second crusade in 1350. | Indecisive | |
| Attack on Jama (1395) | Indecisive | ||
| Northern Ladoga Campaign (1396)[7] | Indecisive | ||
| Novgorod's attack in the north (1399)[8] | Indecisive | ||
| Karl Knutssons campaign against Novgorod (1444)[9] | Indecisive | ||
| Novgorods war against Karl Knutsson (1448)[10] | Indecisive |
Wars between Sweden and Russia
| 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)[11] | 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
- 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
- ^ "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.
- ^ Mägi, Marika (2018). In Austrvegr: The Role of the Eastern Baltic in Viking Age Communication across the Baltic Sea. BRILL. pp. 362–364. ISBN 9789004363816.
- ^ a b c d e f Sundberg (1999), p. 205.
- ^ Шаскольский И. П. Борьба Руси за сохранение выхода к Балтийскому морю в XIV веке. Л.: Наука, 1987. — С.151-158
- ^ Sundberg (1999), p. 211.
- ^ Sundberg (1999), p. 219.
- ^ Sundberg (1999), p. 271.
- ^ Sundberg (1999), p. 283.
- ^ Kotljarchuk (2006).
References
- 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.
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