List of wars involving Norway

This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of Norway.

Norwegian victory
Norwegian defeat
Another result *

*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Norway, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result.

## Pre-unification Viking Age (793–872)

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Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results

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Viking invasions of England (780-850)  | Norse Vikings
|  Kingdom of England | Viking victory

* Series of Viking attacks on Christian monasteries in the British Isles

Halfdan the Mild's revolt
(ca. 813)  | Halfdan the Mild | Kingdom of Denmark | Revolt successful

* Denmark is expelled and Vestfold gains independence.

Battle of 839 (839)  | Norse Vikings | Picts
Dál Riata | Norwegian Viking victory
Siege of Paris (845)  | Norse Vikings | Francia | Viking victory

* Viking plunder of Paris

Viking raid on Nekor[1][2][3]
(ca. 859)  | Norse Vikings | Kingdom of Nekor | Viking victory

* Vikings occupied Nekor for 8 days.

Great Heathen Army's invasion of England (865-878)  | Norse Vikings
Norse–Gaels | Anglo-Saxon kingdoms:

* Wessex
* Northumbria
* Mercia
* East Anglia

Kingdom of Strathclyde
Kingdom of Alba

| Viking victory

* Treaty of Wedmore
* Establishment of Danelaw

Siege of Dumbarton (870)  | Norse Vikings | Britons of Strathclyde | Viking victory

* A fleet of 200 ships transported prisoners to Dublin.

Battle of Thimeon (880)  | Norse Vikings | West Francia | Defeat

* Viking Defeat

Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu (881)  | Norse Vikings | West Francia | Defeat

* 9000 Vikings slain
* Vikings starts Raiding Lotharingia

Siege of Paris (885–886) | Norse Vikings | West Francia | Stalemate

* Paris successfully defended
* Vikings granted passage of the Seine and 700 livres (pounds) of silver
* Vikings raids continued into Burgundy

Battle of Leuven (891)  | Norse Vikings | East Francia | Defeat

* Death of Sigfried and Godfried

Æthelwold's Revolt (899–902)  | Followers of Æthelwold ætheling
Supported by:
Vikings of Northumbria
Kingdom of East Anglia | Followers of Edward the Elder:

* Wessex
* Mercia
* Kent

| Defeat

* Victory for Edward the Elder

Battle of the Holme (902)  | Norse Vikings | Followers of Edward the Elder:

* Wessex
* Kent

| Viking victory

* Æthelwold killed
* Æthelwold's Revolt ended

Siege of Chartres (911)  | Norse Vikings | West Francia | Stalemate

* West Frankish military victory
* Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte
* Rollo is granted lands in northern France in exchange for vassalage, religious conversion and pledge to defend the Seine's estuary from Viking raiders

## Unification of Norway (860–872)

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Battle of Hakadal
(ca. 860)  |  Vestfold | Álfheimr | Vestfold victory

* Death of Hake Gandalfsson.

Battle of Orkdal
(ca. 870)  |  Vestfold | Orkdal | Vestfold victory

* Gryting subjects to Harald Fairhair.

First Battle of Solskjel
(ca. 870)  |  Vestfold | Nordmøre
Romsdal | Vestfold victory

* Death of the kings of Nordmøre and Romsdal.

Second Battle of Solskjel
(ca. 870)  |  Vestfold | Sunnmøre
Firda | Vestfold victory

* Rognvald Eysteinsson becomes the Jarl of Møre.

Götaland Campaign
(ca. 870)  |  Vestfold | Geats | Vestfold victory

* Guttorm Haraldsson becomes King of Rånrike.

Battle of Fjaler
(ca. 870)  | Earldom of Lade | Earldom of Sogn | Indecisive

* Death of Håkon Grjotgardsson and Atle Mjove.

Battle of Hafrsfjord
(872)  |  Vestfold | Hordaland
Rogaland
Agder
| Vestfold victory

* Norway unified under King Harald I.

## Kingdom of Norway (872–1319)

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War between King Haakon the Good and the sons of Eirik Bloodaxe
(955-961)  | Haakon the Good | The sons of Eirik Bloodaxe
Denmark | The sons of Eirik Bloodaxe Victory

* Death of Haakon the Good
* Harald Greycloak becomes king

Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars
(970-1030)  |  Fairhair dynasty |  Ladejarls
Denmark | Victory

* Magnus the Good takes back the Norwegian throne in 1035

Sack of Santiago de Compostela
(968)  |  Norwegian Vikings |  Kingdom of Galicia | Victory
Norwegian-Jomsviking War
(986)  |  Kingdom of Norway | Denmark
Jomsvikings | Victory

* Danish fleet defeated

Battle of Maldon
(991)  |  Kingdom of Norway | Anglo-Saxons | Victory

* First English payment of Danegeld

Norwegian Raid of the Rus
(997)  |  Norwegian Vikings |  Kievan Rus' | Victory

* Ladoga destroyed

Battle of Svolder
(999/1000)  |  Kingdom of Norway | Denmark
Sweden
Earls of Lade | Defeat

* Death of Olaf Tryggvason

Battle of Vinland (1003) | Icelandic and Norwegian Vikings | Native warriors  | Victory

* Viking victory and withdrawal.

Battle of Thetford (1004)  |  Norway
Anglo-Saxons |  Kingdom of Denmark | Anglo-Norwegian Victory
Battle at Herdaler
(1007/8)  |  Kingdom of Norway | Finns of Herdaler  | Defeat

* Olaf Haraldson got almost killed and lost many men[4]

Olav II's landing in Osilia
(1008)  |  Kingdom of Norway | Osilians | Victory

* The Osilians are defeated

Battle of Ringmere
(1010)  |  Norway
Anglo-Saxons | Danish Vikings |  Victory

* Ango-Norwegian victory

Battle of Vinland (1010) | Icelandic and Norwegian Vikings | Native warriors  | Victory

* Native attack repelled; Viking withdrawal.

Swedish-Norwegian War
(1015-1018)  |  Kingdom of Norway | Kingdom of Sweden |  Victory

* Olav II reconquers any land lost to Sweden excluding Jämtland, Härjedalen and Hälsingland, in which Jämtland and Härjedalen wouldn't be recorded as under Norwegian overlordship until 1111.

Olav II's conquest of Norway
(1015-1016)

* Battle of Nesjar
* Raid on Denmark

|  Kingdom of Norway | Kingdom of Sweden
Kingdom of Denmark
Earldom of Orkney | Victory

* The territorial changes following the Battle of Svolder are reversed, barring Jämtland, which would remain under Swedish overlordship until the 12th century.

Cnut the Great's invasion of England (1016)  |  Kingdom of Denmark
Kingdom of Norway |  Kingdom of England | Dano-Norwegian victory

* Personal union formed between Denmark and England in 1018.
* Following Edmund's death on 30 November, Cnut ascends to the throne as the sole king of England.

Battle of the Helgeå
(1026)  |  Kingdom of Norway
Sweden | Anglo-Danish Kingdom | Defeat

* Cnut the Great dominates Scandinavia

Battle of Boknafjorden
(1028)  |  Kingdom of Norway | Erling Skjalgsson  | Victory

* Death of Erling Skjalgsson

Cnut's invasion of Norway
(1028-1029)  |  Kingdom of Norway | North Sea Empire
Norwegian chieftains  | Danish and Norwegian chieftain victory

* Norway conquered by King Cnut
* King Olaf II was driven into exile to Kievan Rus

Battle of Stiklestad
(1030)  | Olaf II | Peasant Army  | Peasant victory

* Death of Olaf II

Tryggvi the Pretender's invasion of Norway
(1033)  | North Sea Empire | Tryggvi the Pretender  | Invasion failed

* Death of Tryggvi the Pretender

Norwegian-Wendish War
(1043)  |  Kingdom of Norway | Wends

Danish Rebels

| Victory

* Destruction the Viking fort Jomsborg, possibly to destroy the Danish competitors to the throne. Plundering of the Wendish town of Jumne.

Magnus the Good's conquest of Denmark
(1043-1045)  |  Kingdom of Norway |
Denmark

* Wends

| Victory

* Denmark reconquered
* Rebellion crushed
* Magnus the Good is kept king over both Norway and Denmark
* Sweyn Estridsson flees to Sweden

Invasions of Denmark
(1048–1064)  |  Kingdom of Norway | Denmark | Stalemate

* Peace agreement, mutual recognition and withdrawal

Swedish–Norwegian War (1063)
(1063/4)  |  Kingdom of Norway | Haakon Ivarsson [no]
Kingdom of Sweden | Victory

* Hadrada defeats Haakon Ivarsson Jarl
* Norwegian authority strengthened in the Uplands

Revolt in the Uplands
(1064-1065)  |  Kingdom of Norway | Revolting farmers  | Victory

* Small farms and villages burned down by Hadrada. Uplands becomes more integrated into Norway

Invasion of England
(1066)

* Battle of Fulford
* Battle of Stamford Bridge

|  Kingdom of Norway | England | Defeat

* Death of King Harald Hardrada

Magnus's raids on Halland (1096)  |  Norway |  Denmark | Victory
First Irish Sea Campaign
(1098)  |  Kingdom of Norway | England

Irish Kingdoms[clarification needed]

| Victory

* Norwegian reconquest in the Irish Sea

Swedish–Norwegian War (1099–1101) |  Kingdom of Norway | Sweden | Inconclusive

* Through the marriage of Magnus Barefoot and Margaret Fredkulla, Inge's daughter, Norway gains the land of Dalsland. However, due to the marriage being childless, Dalsland never becomes integrated into Norway, and it's returned to Sweden after Magnus died in 1103

Second Irish Sea Campaign
(1101/1102-1103)  |  Kingdom of Norway | England

Irish Kingdoms[clarification needed]

| Defeat

* Norway loses control of the Irish Sea region

Norwegian Crusade
(1107–1110)

* Raid on Santiago de Compostela (1109)
* Raid on Sintra (1109)
* Siege of Lisbon (1109)
* Sack of Alkasse (1109)
* Battle of Gibraltar (1109)
* Battle of Formentera (1109)
* Battle of Ibiza (1109)
* Battle of Menorca (1109)
* Raid on the Balearic Islands (1109)
* Siege of Sidon (1110)

|  Kingdom of Jerusalem
Kingdom of Norway
Republic of Venice |  Fatimid Caliphate
Almoravid Empire
Taifa of Badajoz
Taifa of Majorca
Barbary pirates of Majorca  | Victory

* Lordship of Sidon created

Kalmar Crusade
(1123)  |  Kingdom of Norway | Norse pagans  | Victory

* The pagans converted to Christianity

Civil war era in Norway
(1130–1240)  | Birkebeiners | Baglers | Birkebeiner victory

* Håkon Håkonsson became king.

Norwegian Crusade (1152-1155)
(1152-1155)  |  Kingdom of Norway

* Earldom of Orkney

| Unknown Muslims  | Victory

* Crusaders are victorious.

Valdemar's First Invasion of Norway
(1165)  |  Kingdom of Norway

* Baglers

|  Kingdom of Denmark | Victory

* Danes retreated back to Denmark

Valdemar's Second Invasion of Norway
(1168)  |  Kingdom of Norway

* Baglers

|  Kingdom of Denmark | Victory

* Danish Leidang fleet forced to retreat.

Age of the Sturlungs
(1220-1264)  |  Kingdom of Norway
Icelandic Gothis |  Commonwealth Gothis | Old Covenant

* Termination of the Icelandic Commonwealth.
* Iceland is integrated into the Kingdom of Norway

Campaign in Värmland
(1225)  |  Kingdom of Norway | Värmland | Inconclusive

* Treaty of Lödöse

Battle of the Neva
(1240)  | Sweden
Finns
Tavastia
Kingdom of Norway | Novgorod Republic
Karelians | Defeat

* Sweden fails to capture Staraya Ladoga

Halland War (1256) |  Norway |  Denmark | Victory

* Norway renounces its claim on Halland
* Ingeborg marries Magnus VI of Norway

Scottish–Norwegian War
(1262–1266)  |  Kingdom of Norway |  Scotland | Indecisive

* Treaty of Perth
* Hebrides and Isle of Man bought from Norway for 4,000 marks to become part of Scotland
* Norwegian sovereignty recognised over Orkney and Shetland

War of the Outlaws (1289-1295)  |  Norway
Danish outlaws  |  Denmark | Victory

* North Halland ceded to Kingdom of Norway

Second Swedish Brother's Feud
(1304–1310)  |  Norway (1304-1308)
Duke Eric and Valdemar |  Norway (1308-1310)
Denmark
Birger Magnusson | Victory

* Death of Duke Eric and Valdemar

## House of Bjelbo (1319-1387)

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Campaign against Ingeborg

(1323)[5]

|  Swedish-Norwegian Union | Ingeborg of Norway | Peace of Skara

* Ingeborg is forced to exchange Axvall for the unfortified Dåvö in Västmanland

First Norwegian Noble Rising

(1331-1333)

|  Swedish-Norwegian Union | Norwegian nobles  | Norwegian nobles victory

* The Norwegian Royal Seal is given to the Norwegian nobels
* Ivar Ogmundsson is appointed as Royal Seal holder

Second Norwegian Noble Rising

(1338-1339)

|  Swedish-Norwegian Union | Norwegian nobles  | Norwegian nobles victory

* King Magnus VII made an agreement with the Norwegian nobles

Kalundborg War (1341-1343)

* Siege of Kalundborg
* Battle of Blidebro

|  Swedish-Norwegian Union |  Denmark

Lübeck
Rostock
Hamburg
Stralsund
Wismar
Greifswald

| Victory

* Valdemar IV admits his sale of Scania, Blekinge, and Halland to Sweden-Norway
* Copenhagen Castle is given back to Denmark

Magnus's war against Russia
(1348-1351)[6] |  Swedish-Norwegian Union | Novgorod | Truce of Dorprat

* Swedish-Norwegian success in the beginning
* Swedish-Norwegian failure to keep Nöteborg

Danish-Hanseatic War (1361-1370)  |

First Phase (1361–1365)

* Hanseatic League
* Gotland
* Lubeck
* Stralsund
* Kingdom of Norway
* Kingdom of Sweden

Second Phase (1367–1370)

* Confederation of Cologne
* Towns in Holland
* Towns in Zeeland
* Hanseatic League
* Towns in Prussia
* Towns in Livonia
* Lubeck
* Stralsund
* Rostock
* Teutonic Order
* Kingdom of Sweden
* County of Holstein
* Duchy of Mecklenburg
* Danish Noble Rebels

| First Phase (1361–1365)

Kingdom of Denmark Second Phase (1367–1370)

Kingdom of Denmark

Kingdom of Norway

| First Phase: Danish Victory

Second Phase: Hanseatic victory

* The Hanseatic League gains control over several forts in Scania
* The Hanseatic League became one of the most powerful military and economic powers in Northern Europe

Mecklenburgian invasion of Sweden (1363–1364)  |  Swedish-Norwegian Union |  Mecklenburg

* Swedish Nobles
* Swedish Rebels

| Treaty of Jönköping (1364)

* First Swedish-Norwegian union dissolved
* Västergötland, Värmland and Dalsland ceded to Magnus Eriksson and Haakon VI as personal fiefdoms

Wars of Deposition against Magnus
(1363–1371)  |  Norway
Denmark
Swedish Loyalists
Saxe-Lauenburg |  Mecklenburg
Swedish Nobles
Swedish Rebels
Teutonic Order
Confederation of Cologne

* Towns in Holland
* Towns in Zeeland
* Hanseatic League
* Towns in Prussia
* Towns in Livonia
* Lubeck
* Stralsund
* Rostock

| Treaty of Edsvik (1371)

* Västergötland, Värmland and Dalsland ceded to Magnus Eriksson and Haakon VI as personal fiefdoms
* Magnus Eriksson is deposed
* Albert becomes king of Sweden. Afterwards Haakon continues ruling Norway until his death in 1380
* End of the union between Sweden and Norway

## Kalmar Union (1397–1523)

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War with the Victual Brothers
(1392–1398)  |  Kalmar Union | Victual Brothers | Victory

* Formation of the Kalmar Union.

Dano-Hanseatic War
(1426–1435)  |  Kalmar Union |  House of Schaumburg
Hanseatic League | Defeat

* Treaty of Vordingborg

Amund Sigurdsson Bolt Rebellion
(1436)  | Amund Sigurdsson Bolt  |  Kalmar Union | Ceasefire
Graatop Rebellion
(1438)  | Hallvard Graatop  |  Kalmar Union | Rebellion Suppressed
Novgorodian-Norwegian war
(1445)  |  Norway |  Novgorod Republic | Victory
Krummedige-Tre Rosor feud
(1448 - 1502)  |  Krummedige family
Denmark |  Tre Rosor family
Sweden | Krummedige victory

* The male Tre Rosor line in Norway becomes extinct.
* Norwegian monarchy strengthened
* Prince Christian maintains control over Norway.

War of the Norwegian Succession
(1448–1453)  |  Denmark
Pro-Danish Norwegians  |  Sweden
Pro-Swedish Norwegians  | Pro-Danish Victory

* Christian I becomes king of Norway
* Charles I relinquish the throne of Norway

Dano-Swedish War
(1501–1512)  |  Kalmar Union |  Sweden
Free City of Lübeck
Norwegian rebels[7] | Victory

* Treaty of Malmö (1512)

Alvsson Rebellion
(1501–1504)  | Knut Alvsson (until 1502)
Nils Ravaldsson (from 1502)
Sweden |  Kalmar Union | Rebellion Suppressed

* Dano-Norwegian ties solidified

Orm Eriksson Tax Revolt
(1519)  | Orm Eriksson
Jon Eilivsson  |  Kalmar Union | Rebellion Suppressed
Swedish War of Liberation
(1521–1523)  |  Kalmar Union |  Sweden
Free City of Lübeck | Defeat

* Treaty of Malmö, dissolution of the Kalmar Union.

## Denmark–Norway (1523/1537–1800)

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Christian II's invasion of Norway
(1531–1532)  |  Christian II  |  Frederick I | Invasion failed

* Christian II imprisoned

Olav Engelbrektsson's Rebellion (1536–1537)  |  Protestants
Denmark |  Catholics | Protestant Victory

* Creation of Denmark-Norway

Icelandic Reformation (1538–1550)  |  Icelandic Protestants
Denmark–Norway |  Icelandic Catholics | Protestant Victory

* Jón Arason defeated and captured
* Collapse of Catholicism in Iceland

Peasant's Rebellion in Telemark (1540)  |  Denmark–Norway |  Norwegian peasants  | Rebellion suppressed
Peasant's Rebellion in Agder (1540-1541)  |  Denmark–Norway |  Norwegian peasants  | Rebellion suppressed
Dacke War (1542)  |  Kingdom of Sweden
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Landsknechte
Denmark-Norway |  Småland Peasants under Nils Dacke

Östergötland peasant militia

| Victory

* Royal power strengthened
* No further civil wars or major uprisings in Scandinavia

Italian War of 1542–1546 (1542)  |  France
Ottoman Empire

* Regency of Algiers

Jülich-Cleves-Berg
Denmark-Norway

|  Holy Roman Empire
Saxony
Brandenburg
Spain
England | Status quo ante bellum

* Treaty of Speyer (1544)
* Holy Roman Emperor Charles V recognized Christian III as the rightful king of Denmark and Norway

Livonian War (1558–1583)  |  Livonian Confederation
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Denmark-Norway

Kingdom of Sweden
Zaporozhian Cossacks
Principality of Transylvania

|  Tsardom of Russia
Qasim Khanate
Kingdom of Livonia | Victory

* Sweden gains Estonia
* Livonia, Courland and Semigallia to Poland–Lithuania
* Denmark–Norway gains Ösel

Campaign of 1559 (1559)  |  Denmark-Norway |  Dithmarschen | Victory

* Conquest of Dithmarschen

Northern Seven Years' War (1563–1570)  |  Denmark-Norway
Free City of Lübeck

Poland–Lithuania

|  Sweden | Status quo ante bellum

* Treaty of Stettin (1570)

Polish–Swedish War (1563–1568) (1563–1568)  |  Poland–Lithuania
Denmark–Norway
Lübeck |  Sweden | Status quo ante bellum
Dano-Norwegian attack on Poland (1571)

* Naval battle near Hel

|  Denmark-Norway |  Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Victory

* The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy was reduced to half of its previous strength

Danzig rebellion (1575–1577)  | City of Danzig
Denmark-Norway[9] |  Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Peace

* Danzig withstanded the siege
* Danzig law confirmed
* Danzig had to pay 200,000 złotys

The First Turkish Abductions (1607)  |  Denmark-Norway |  Ottoman Empire | Defeat

* Abduction of many Icelanders and Faroese people

Kalmar War (1611–1613)  |  Denmark-Norway |  Sweden | Victory

* Treaty of Knäred (1613)

Thirty Years' War (1625–1629)  | Protestant States and Allies

Sweden
Kingdom of France
Bohemia
Denmark-Norway (1625–1629)
Saxony
Dutch Republic
Electorate of the Palatinate
Brunswick-Lüneburg
England
Scotland
Brandenburg-Prussia
Transylvania
Hungarian Anti-Habsburg Rebels
Zaporozhian Cossacks
Ottoman Empire

| Roman Catholic States and Allies

Holy Roman Empire

* Catholic League
* Habsburg Monarchy Austria
* Bavaria

Spain and its possessions
Denmark-Norway (1643–1645)

| Defeat

* Peace of Westphalia
* Habsburg supremacy curtailed
* Rise of the Bourbon dynasty
* Rise of the Swedish Empire
* Decentralization of the Holy Roman Empire
* Franco-Spanish War until 1659
* Substantial decline in the power and influence of the Catholic Church

The Second Turkish Abductions (1627)  |  Denmark-Norway |  Ottoman Empire | Defeat

* Abduction of many Icelanders

Torstenson War (1643–1645)  |  Denmark-Norway
Holy Roman Empire |  Sweden
Dutch Republic | Defeat

* Treaty of Brömsebro (1645)

Second Northern War (1657–1660)  |  Habsburg monarchy
Poland–Lithuania
Russia (1656–58)
Brandenburg-Prussia
Dutch Republic
Denmark-Norway |  Sweden
Brandenburg-Prussia
Transylvania
Ukrainian Cossacks
Wallachia
Moldavia | Defeat

* Treaty of Roskilde (February 26, 1658)

Dano-Swedish War (1657–1658) (1657–1658)  |  Denmark-Norway
Poland–Lithuania |  Swedish Empire | Defeat

* Decisive Swedish victory; Treaty of Roskilde/Treaty of Taastrup

Dano-Swedish War (1658–1660) (1658–1660)  |  Denmark-Norway
Dutch Republic
Brandenburg-Prussia
Poland–Lithuania
Habsburg Monarchy |  Swedish Empire | Victory

* Treaty of Copenhagen (1660)

Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665–1667)

* Battle of Vågen

|  Dutch Republic
Denmark-Norway
Kingdom of France |  Kingdom of England
Bishopric of Münster | Victory

* Treaty of Breda (1667)

Second Swedish War on Bremen (1666)  |  Bremen
Electorate of Cologne
Brunswick-Lüneburg
Denmark-Norway
Electorate of Brandenburg
Dutch Republic |  Sweden | Draw

* Treaty of Habenhausen

Scanian War (1675–1679)  |  Denmark-Norway
Dutch Republic
Holy Roman Empire
Brandenburg |  Sweden
Kingdom of France | Status quo ante bellum

* Treaty of Fontainebleau (1679)

Siege of Hamburg (1689) (1689)  |  Denmark–Norway

* supported by  Kingdom of France

|  Hamburg
Brunswick-Lüneburg
Brandenburg-Prussia | Peace agreement

* Dano-Norwegian withdrawal
* Hamburg pays 300,000 thalers as compensation to Denmark-Norway

Great Northern War (1700–1720)  |  Tsardom of Russia
Electorate of Saxony
Poland–Lithuania
Cossack Hetmanate
Prussia
Hanover
Great Britain
Denmark–Norway |  Sweden
Holstein-Gottorp
Poland–Lithuania
Ottoman Empire | Victory

* Treaty of Frederiksborg (1720)

Rákóczi's War of Independence (1703–1711)  |  Holy Roman Empire:

* Austria
* Prussia
* Margraviate of Baden
* Serbs from Vojvodina
* Transylvanian Saxons
* Kingdom of Croatia
* Royalists

Denmark–Norway

|  Kuruc forces (Kingdom of Hungary)
Principality of Transylvania
Kingdom of France | Victory

* Rebellion suppressed

Strilekrigen (1765)  |  Denmark-Norway | Norwegian peasants  | Rebellion suppressed
Danish–Algerian War (1769–1772)  |  Denmark–Norway |  Dey of Algiers | Defeat

* Punitive expedition unsuccessful.
* Denmark–Norway pays higher tribute than before

Royal Life Guards' Mutiny (1771)  |  Denmark-Norway |  Royal Life Guard | Execution of Struensee
Lofthusreisingen (1786–1787)  |  Denmark-Norway | Norwegian peasants  | Rebellion suppressed
Theatre War (1788–1789)  |  Denmark-Norway |  Sweden | Inconclusive

* Status quo ante bellum

Action of 16 May 1797 (1797)  |  Denmark-Norway |  Ottoman Empire (de jure)

* Eyalet of Tripolitania

| Inconclusive
Lærdal Rebellion (1800–1802)  |  Denmark-Norway |  Norwegian peasants  | Rebellion suppressed

## Colonial Wars (1600–1800)

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Conquest of Koneswaram Temple (1618–1620)[10] |  Denmark-Norway
Kingdom of Kandy
| Portuguese Ceylon | Defeat

* Failure to monopolize Ceylon
* Danish India established

Roland Crappé's raids on Portuguese colonies (1619)  |  Denmark-Norway
Kingdom of Kandy
Supported by:
Thanjavur Nayak kingdom | Portuguese Ceylon

Portuguese India

| Defeat
Action of 19 February 1619 (1619)  |  Denmark-Norway |  French pirates

* * *

France

| Victory

* Dano-Norwegian Victory
* French ships conquered

Siege of Dansborg (1624) (1624)  |  Danish India | Thanjavur Nayak | Victory

* Thanjavur recognizes Tranquebar as Danish

Dano-Mughal War (1642–1698)[11] |  Denmark–Norway |  Mughal Empire | Peace treaty

* Dannemarksnagore ceded to Danish India for 30,000 rupees to be paid over ten years

Conflict between Willem Leyel and Bernt Pessart (1644)  |  Danish India |  Leyel loyalist

Dutch Coromandel

English Madras

Portuguese Carical

Supported by:

Thanjavur Nayak

| Willem victory

* Willem Leyel becomes governor of Tranquebar

Siege of Dansborg (1644) (1644)  |  Denmark-Norway | Thanjavur Nayak kingdom | Inconclusive
Sieges of Tranquebar (1655–1669) (1655–1669)  |  Danish India | Thanjavur Nayak kingdom | Victory

* Villages of Poreiar, Tillali and Erikutanchery ceded to the Danes

Dano-Dutch Colonial War in Guinea (1660–1664)[12] |  Denmark–Norway
Kingdom of England
Fetu tribe  |  Dutch Republic | Victory

* Anglo-Danish Conquest of Cape Coast

Gã-Akwamu War (1678)  | Ga-Adangbe
Denmark-Norway | Akwamu | Victory

* Assult reppeled

Slave insurrection on St. John (1733–1734)  |  Denmark–Norway

* Sankt Jan

| Rebel slaves  | Victory

* Rebellion suppressed

Danish-Dutch conflict over Greenland (1739)  |  Denmark–Norway | Dutch whalers  | Victory

* Dutch presence on Greenland collapses

Cattle War (1756)  |  Denmark–Norway | Thanjavur Maratha kingdom |  Defeat

* Punitive expedition unsuccessful

Sagbadre War (1784)  |  Denmark-Norway Ada-Danish Alliance

* Danish West India Company
* Little Popo
* Ada
* Accra
* Akuapem
* Akwapim
* Ga
* Krobo

| Anlo Confederacy | Victory

* Return of territory previously acquired by Anlo from the Alliance
* Construction of Fort Prinzenstein

## Napoleonic Wars (1800–1814)

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Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results

|
|
|

Napoleonic Wars (1800–1815)  |  France
Ottoman Empire |  United Kingdom
Sweden
Russia
Austrian Empire
Prussia
Spain
Portugal
Ottoman Empire (until 1803)
United Kingdom of the Netherlands | Defeat

* Congress of Vienna (1815)

English Wars (1801, 1807–1814)  |  Denmark–Norway

French Empire
Spain

|  United Kingdom

Sweden

| Defeat

* Treaty of Kiel
* Denmark joined the anti-Napoleonic alliance
* Frederick VI of Denmark cedes Norway to Charles XIII of Sweden

Franco-Swedish War (1805–1810)  |

* French Empire
* Spain Until 1808
* Holland
* Russian Empire
(1808–09)
* Denmark–Norway
(1808–09)

* Sweden
* United Kingdom
* Prussia
* Russian Empire
(–1807)
* Austrian Empire
* Saxony

| Victory

* Treaty of Paris (1810)

Sweden regains Swedish Pomerania Sweden integrates the Continental System

Gunboat War (1807–1814)  |  Denmark–Norway |  United Kingdom | Defeat

* Treaty of Kiel
* Dissolution of Denmark-Norway

Peninsular War (1807–1814)  |

France

* Napoleonic Spain
* Kingdom of Italy
* Confederation of the Rhine
* Duchy of Warsaw
* Kingdom of Holland[a]

Denmark-Norway (Evacuation of La Romana's division)

* Spain
* Portugal
* United Kingdom

| Stalemate for Denmark-Norway

* Coalition victory against Napoleon
* Franco-Danish victory and Anglo–Spanish evacuation of Denmark

Dano-Swedish War (1808–09) (1808–1809)  |  Denmark–Norway
France |  Sweden
United Kingdom | Stalemate

* Return to Status quo ante bellum

Jørgen Jørgensen's Revolution (1809)  |  Denmark-Norway
United Kingdom |  Iceland | Victory

* Imprisonment of Jørgen Jørgensen

French invasion of Russia (1812)  |  France

* Poland
* Duchy of Warsaw
* Lithuania
* Italy
* Naples
* Rhine Confederation
* Saxony
* Bavaria
* Westphalia
* Württemberg
* Hesse
* Berg
* Baden
* Switzerland
* Spain[13]

French allies:
Austria
Prussia
Denmark-Norway

|  Russia | Defeat

* Start of the Sixth Coalition

Dano-Swedish War (1813–1814) (1813-1814)  |  Denmark-Norway
French Empire
Duchy of Warsaw |  Sweden
Russian Empire
United Kingdom
Prussia
Hanover
Mecklenburg-Schwerin | Defeat

* Treaty of Kiel

War of the Sixth Coalition (1813-1814)  |  First French Empire

Napoleonic Italy
Kingdom of Naples
Duchy of Warsaw
Denmark–Norway
Confederation of the Rhine

|  Russian Empire
Kingdom of Prussia
Austrian Empire
United Kingdom
Sweden
Spanish Empire
Kingdom of Portugal
Two Sicilies
Kingdom of Sardinia
Saxony
Bavaria
Württemberg
Baden
United Netherlands | Defeat

* Treaty of Fontainebleau
* First Treaty of Paris

## Kingdom of Norway (1814–present)

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Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Prime Minister | Casualties

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|
|
|
|

Swedish–Norwegian War
(1814)  |  Norway |  Sweden | Defeat (but Swedish acceptance of the Eidsvoll Constitution)

* Norway entered a personal union with Sweden

Peder Anker

~400 killed

World War II
(1940–1945)  |  Soviet Union
United States
British Empire
China
France
Poland
Yugoslavia
Greece
Denmark
Norway
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Czechoslovakia
Ethiopia
Brazil
Mexico
Colombia
Cuba
Philippines
Mongolia |  Germany
Japan
Italy
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Slovakia
Croatia | Victory

* Collapse of the German Realm
* Creation of the United Nations
* Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers
* Beginning of the Cold War

Johan Nygaardsvold

10,262 killed

Congo Crisis
(1960–1964)  |  Congo-Léopoldville

ONUC

* Ireland
* Sweden
* Norway
* India
* Nigeria
* Ethiopia

|  Katanga
South Kasai | Victory

* Debellation of Congolese separatist states

Einar Gerhardsen

None

Bosnian War
(1992–1995)  |

NATO

* Belgium
* Canada
* Denmark
* France
* Germany
* Italy
* Luxembourg
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Portugal
* Spain
* Turkey
* United Kingdom
* United States

|  Republika Srpska | Victory

* Dayton Agreement, deployment of NATO-led IFOR

Gro Harlem Brundtland

None

Kosovo War
(1998–1999)  |  UÇK

NATO

* Belgium
* Canada
* Denmark
* France
* Germany
* Italy
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Portugal
* Spain
* Turkey
* United Kingdom
* United States

|  FR Yugoslavia | Victory

* Kumanovo Treaty

Kjell Magne Bondevik

None

War in Afghanistan
(2001-2021)  |  Afghanistan

ISAF

* United States
* United Kingdom
* Australia
* Canada
* Germany
* France
* Italy
* Czech Republic
* Netherlands
* Turkey
* Romania
* Georgia
* South Korea
* Poland
* Denmark
* Sweden
* Norway
* Finland
* Singapore
* New Zealand
* Mongolia
* Bulgaria
* Hungary
* Belgium
* Estonia
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Portugal
* Albania
* Slovenia

|  Taliban | Defeat

* Fall of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
* Taliban retake Kabul

10 killed

Libyan Civil War
(2011)  |  NTC

NATO and allies

* France
* United Kingdom
* United States
* Belgium
* Canada
* Denmark
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Spain
* Turkey
* Jordan
* Sweden
* UAE
* Qatar

|  Libya | Victory

* The NTC assumed interim control of Libya

Jens Stoltenberg

None

## See also

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* List of wars involving Denmark
* List of wars involving Finland
* List of wars involving Iceland
* List of wars involving Sweden

## Notes

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1. ^ The Dutch Brigade

## References

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