Finnish War
The Finnish War (Swedish: Finska kriget, Finnish: Suomen sota, Russian: Русско-шведская война 1808—1809) was a war fought in 1808-1809 between Russia and Sweden. King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden lost, and Sweden lost its Eastern third. The lost land became the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland.
| Finnish War | |||||||||
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| Part of Russo–Swedish Wars and Napoleonic Wars | |||||||||
 Map of notable locations in Finland during the war | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Russian EmpireSupported by  France Spain |
 SwedenSupported by  United Kingdom.svg){kind=small} Portugal [1] | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Fyodor Buxhoeveden Bogdan von Knorring Pyotr Bagration Barclay de Tolly Nikolay Ivanovich Demidov |
Wilhelm Mauritz Klingspor Carl Johan Adlercreutz Georg Carl von Döbeln | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| August 1808: 95,000+ soldiers | August 1808: 36,000+ soldiers | ||||||||
Finnish War Media
Finnish War, February 1808 at the outbreak of the war
The Swedish assault on the chancellery in Kuopio during the Battle of Kuopio
Finnish War, March–May 1808
Finnish War, May–October 1808
Finnish War, Winter 1808 - Summer 1809
Arrest of Gustav IV.
Second to last battle of the war at Ratan near Umeå in Swedish Västerbotten
This is the last out of a 5 map series, visualizing the events of the war between Sweden and Russia. This map visualizes the aftermath of the war, at a large scale (the whole of the Scandinavian Peninsula)
A memorial of the Battle of Kutujoki in Suonenjoki, Finland
References
Other websites
Media related to Finnish War at Wikimedia Commons
