List of wars between Denmark and Sweden


This is a list of wars between Denmark and Sweden. Broadly construed, it may refer to one of multiple wars which took place between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Kingdom of Denmark up to 1814:

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[Viking Age]

WarSweden and alliesDenmark and alliesResult
Anund Uppsale's raid of Sweden SwedenDenmarkDanish Victory
Battle of Fýrisvellir, 986SwedenDenmark JomsvikingsSwedish victory
Eric the Victorious' invasion of Denmark, 990s Sweden PolandDenmarkSwedish victory
Olof Skötkonung's attack for the Danish throne, SwedenDenmarkSwedish Victory
Battle of Helgeå, 1026Sweden NorwayDenmark EnglandDanish Victory
Battle of Stiklestad, 1030Sweden NorwayDenmarkDanish Victory
Swedish support for Magnus' invasion of Norway, 1035Sweden NorwayDenmarkSwedish Victory

[Middle Ages]

WarSweden and alliesDenmark and alliesResult
Svend III Grathe's Swedish raids, 1152–1154SwedenDenmarkDanish Victory
Battle of Lena, 1208SwedenDenmarkSwedish Victory
Battle of Gestilren, 1210SwedenDenmarkSwedish Victory
Battle of Hova, 1275SwedenDenmarkDanish Victory
6000-mark war, 1276–1278SwedenDenmarkDanish Victory
, 1318SwedenDenmarkSwedish Victory
Kalundborg War, 1341–1343Sweden-Norway HolsteinDenmark, Lübeck, Hamburg, Rostock, Wismar, Greifswald, and StralsundSwedish Victory
Valdemar Atterdag's invasion of Scania, 1360SwedenDenmarkDanish Victory
Valdemar Atterdag's invasion of Gotland, 1361Sweden, Hanseatic LeagueDenmarkDanish Victory
First phase of the Danish-Hanseatic War, 1361-1365Sweden, Norway, Hanseatic LeagueDenmarkDanish Victory
Second phase of the Danish–Hanseatic War, 1367–1370Sweden, Hanseatic LeagueDenmarkHanseatic-Swedish victory
Battle of Åsle, 1389SwedenDenmarkDanish Victory

[Kalmar Union]

WarSweden and alliesDenmark and alliesResult
Engelbrekt rebellion, 1434–1439SwedenKalmar UnionSwedish Victory
War for Norway 1448–1451SwedenDenmarkDanish Victory
Krummedige-Tre Rosor feud 1448–1502SwedenDenmarkDanish Victory
Dano-Swedish War (1449–1457)SwedenKalmar UnionDanish Victory
Battle of Haraker 1464SwedenKalmar UnionSwedish Victory
Dano-Swedish War of 1470–1471SwedenKalmar UnionSwedish Victory
Battle of Rotebro, 1497SwedenKalmar UnionDanish Victory
War of Deposition against King Hans 1501-1503SwedenKalmar UnionSwedish Victory
Alvsson RebellionSwedenDenmarkDanish Victory
Dano-Swedish War of 1501–1512Sweden, LübeckKalmar UnionStalemate
Dano-Swedish War of 1512–1520SwedenKalmar UnionDanish Victory
Swedish War of Liberation 1521–1523Sweden, LübeckKalmar UnionSwedish Victory

[Early modern period]

WarSweden and alliesDenmark and alliesTreatyResult
Northern Seven Years' War, 1563–1570. See also Livonian WarSwedenDenmark-Norway, Lübeck, Poland-LithuaniaTreaty of Stettin (1570)Stalemate
Kalmar War, 1611–1613SwedenDenmark-NorwayTreaty of KnäredDanish Victory
Torstenson War, 1643–1645. Known in Norway as the Hannibal War.SwedenDenmark-NorwaySecond Treaty of BrömsebroSwedish Victory
First Karl Gustav War SwedenDenmark-NorwayTreaty of RoskildeSwedish Victory
Second Karl Gustav War, 1658–1660SwedenDenmark-NorwayTreaty of CopenhagenDanish Victory
Second Bremen War, 1666SwedenDenmark-NorwayTreaty of HabenhausenDanish Victory
Scanian War, 1675–1679SwedenDenmark-NorwayPeace of LundStalemate
Great Northern War first Danish Intervention, 1700. See Peace of Travendal.SwedenDenmark-NorwayPeace of TravendalSwedish Victory
Great Northern War second Danish Intervention, 1709–1720SwedenDenmark-NorwayTreaty of FrederiksborgDanish Victory
Theatre War 1788–1789SwedenDenmark-Norway-Swedish Victory
Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809SwedenDenmark-NorwayTreaty of JönköpingStalemate
Dano-Swedish War (1813–1814)SwedenDenmark-NorwayTreaty of KielSwedish Victory

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