Invasion of Hvaler

The invasion of Hvaler (Swedish: Invasionen av Hvaleröarna) was a Swedish military invasion during the Swedish-Norwegian War of 1814.^[1]

Invasion of Hvaler
Part of the Swedish–Norwegian War of 1814
Date 29 July 1814 Location Hvaler, Norway 59°3′23″N 11°1′20″E Result Swedish victory Islands of Hvaler occupied
Belligerents
Norway	Sweden
Strength
7 brigs 150 gunboats	5,000 5 ships of the line 70 gunboats
Casualties and losses
2 gunboats destroyed or sunk	3 killed, wounded or captured

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

70km
43miles

7

Langnes

6

Rakkestad

5

Matrand

4

Fredrikstad

3

Lier

2

Tistedalen

Hvaler

   

The color black indicates the current battle.

The invasion was directed at the Norwegian archipelago of Hvaler in the southwestern part of Østfold, Norway. The invasion went off rather peacefully. The hostilities opened on 26 July with a swift Swedish naval attack against the Norwegian gunboats at Hvaler. Bad weather had delayed the Swedish archipelago fleet and troop transports, which gave the Norwegian fleet and army time to evacuate the island. The Norwegian vessels managed to escape northward to Tønsberg on the western side of the Oslofjord despite all Swedish attempts to halt the retreat. The vessels in the Swedish archipelago fleet were heavier than their Norwegian counterparts and not could catch up with the retiring Norwegian naval fleet.^[2]