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Finnish War

1808 CE – 1809 CE

Russia invaded Swedish Finland as part of the Napoleonic alliance system. Sweden lost Finland — a territory it had held for 600 years — which became the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland within the…

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1808–1809 war between Russia and Sweden

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Finnish War

1808 CE – 1809 CE

Russia invaded Swedish Finland as part of the Napoleonic alliance system. Sweden lost Finland — a territory it had held for 600 years — which became the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland within the Russian Empire.

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