Russo-Swedish Wars

Russo-Swedish Wars may refer to:

  • Swedish–Novgorodian Wars, a series of conflicts in the 12th and 13th centuries
  • Russo-Swedish War (1495–1497), result of an alliance between Ivan III of Russia and Hans of Denmark
  • Russo-Swedish War (1554–1557), prelude to the Livonian War
  • Livonian War (1558–1582), fought for control of Old Livonia in the territory of present-day Estonia and Latvia
  • Russo-Swedish War (1590–1595), instigated by Boris Godunov in the hope of gaining the territory of the Duchy of Estonia
  • Ingrian War (1610-1617), including an attempt to put a Swedish duke on the Russian throne
  • Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658), part of the Second Northern War
  • 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 northern Central Europe and Eastern Europe
  • Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743), also known as the Hats' Russian War
  • Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790), known as Gustav III's Russian war in Sweden, and Catherine II's Swedish War in Russia
  • Finnish War (1808–1809)

Famous quotes containing the word wars:

    Nations like the Cuban and the Swiss
    Can never hope to wage a Global Mission.
    No Holy Wars for them. The most the small
    Can ever give us is a nuisance brawl.
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)