Siege of Fredrikstad

Siege of Fredrikstad
	Part of the Swedish–Norwegian War of 1814
	; Map over Fredrikstad
Date	4 August 1814
Location	Fredrikstad, Norway [ ⚑ ] 59°12′19″N 10°57′0″E / 59.20528°N 10.95°E
Result	Swedish victory
Belligerents
Norway	Sweden
Commanders and leaders
Christian Frederick; Nils Christian Frederik Hals	Crown Prince Charles John
Strength
1,100	6,000; 50 gunboats
Casualties and losses
207 surrendered	7 killed; 12 wounded

War of the Sixth Coalition:
Swedish–Norwegian War (1814)

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Fredrikstad Fortress, under the command of Nils Christian Frederik Hals, was captured by the Swedish armed forces on 4 August 1814.^[2]^[3] 207 men remained in the fortress as the Norwegian surrendered to the Swedes; the rest had evacuated earlier. The Swedish casualties were few, 7 men killed and 12 wounded from the army, navy and Archipelago fleet combined.^[1]

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Götlin 1820, pp. 65-66.
↑ eidsvoll 1814.
↑ ifi 2011.

References

eidsvoll (1814). "Eidsvoll 1814". http://www.eidsvoll1814.no/?did=9051570&aid=9043784.
Götlin, Lars Erik (1820) (in sv). Anteckningar under Svenska Arméens Fålttåg 1813 och 1814, Volume 3. Uppsala: Palmblad & C..
ifi (2011). "Fredrikstad Festning kapitulerer 4. aug 1814". http://heim.ifi.uio.no/~oddharry/dsfmc/etext/frkstad.html.

Siege of Fredrikstad

Topic: History

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