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Finnish War
1808–1809 war between Russia and Sweden / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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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 | |||||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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 |
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