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 - 10
   German victory - 5
   Another result - 6

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	Inconclusive 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
Skirmish at Sövde	Sweden	Nazi Germany United States		Swedish victory

References[edit]

^ Adam av Bremen (1984) pp. 87–8 (Book II, Chapters 31-32).
^ Sundberg, Ulf (1999). Medeltidens svenska krig (1st ed.). Stockholm: Hjalmarson & Högberg. p. 77. ISBN 9189080262.
^ Sundberg, Ulf (1999). Medeltidens svenska krig (1st ed.). Stockholm: Hjalmarson & Högberg. p. 151. ISBN 9189080262.
^ Sundberg, Ulf (1999). Medeltidens svenska krig (1st ed.). Stockholm: Hjalmarson & Högberg. p. 345. ISBN 9189080262.
^ Sundberg, Ulf (1999). Medeltidens svenska krig (1st ed.). Stockholm: Hjalmarson & Högberg. p. 349. ISBN 9189080262.
^ Sundberg, Ulf (1999). Medeltidens svenska krig (1st ed.). Stockholm: Hjalmarson & Högberg. p. 355. ISBN 9189080262.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Sundberg, Ulf (2002). Svenska krig (1521-1814) (1st ed.). Stockholm: Hjalmarson & Högberg. p. 327. ISBN 9789189660106.

[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.

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