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Conflict Europe

Finnish War

1808 CE – 1809 CE · 1 year

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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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Russian Empire
  • Kingdom of Sweden

Key moments

Defining events in the Finnish War.

  1. 1808 Capture of Sveaborg
  2. 1808 Battle of Oravais
  3. 1809 Treaty of Fredrikshamn

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