List of wars between Russia and Sweden
This is a list of wars between Russia and Sweden.
| War | Notes |
|---|---|
| Russo-Swedish War (1495–1497) | Result of an alliance between Ivan III of Russia and Hans of Denmark. |
| Russo-Swedish War (1554–1557) | Prelude to the Livonian War. |
| Livonian War (1558–1582) | Fought for control of Old Livonia in the territory of present-day Estonia and Latvia. |
| Russo-Swedish War (1590–1595) | Instigated by Boris Godunov in the hope of gaining the territory of the Ingria. |
| De la Gardie campaign (1609-1610) | A military campaign against False Dmitry II. Part of the Polish–Muscovite War (1605–18). The campaign can be considered a prelude to the Ingrian War. |
| Ingrian War (1610-1617) | Including an attempt to put a Swedish duke on the Russian throne. |
| Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658) | Part of the Second Northern War. |
| Great Northern War (1700–1721) | Conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Baltic Sea. |
| Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743) | Also known as the Hats' Russian War. |
| Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) | Also known as Gustav III's Russian War in Sweden, and Catherine II's Swedish War in Russia. |
| Finnish War (1808–1809) | Resulted in the eastern third of Sweden being established as the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland within the Russian Empire. |
See also
- Swedish–Novgorodian Wars – A series of conflicts between the 12th and 14th centuries.
- History of the Russo-Turkish wars – Wars between the Russian and Ottoman Empires
- List of armed conflicts involving Poland against Russia – Russo-Polish Wars
- List of wars involving Russia
- List of wars involving Sweden
- Northern Wars
- Russo-Finnish wars – series of wars between the USSR and Finland
- Russo-Persian Wars – Series of conflicts between 1651 and 1828
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