Conflict between Sweden and Denmark–Norway from 1643 to 1645
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Torstenson War
Part of the Thirty Years' War and Dano-Swedish War
Date
1643–1645
Location
Northern Europe (Värmland, Skåneland, Danish Straits, Jutland)
Baltic Sea and North Sea
Result
Swedish victory
Territorial changes
Jämtland, Härjedalen, Idre, Särna, Gotland, and Saaremaa become Swedish territories. Halland ceded to Sweden for a period of 30 years as a guarantee
Belligerents
Swedish Empire
Denmark–Norway Supported by:Holy Roman Empire[1]
Commanders and leaders
Gustav Horn Carl Gustaf Wrangel Lennart Torstenson Mårten Anckarhielm Carl Gustav[2]
Christian IV Hannibal Sehested Anders Bille Ebbe Ulfeldt Matthias Gallas
Strength
24,600
32,000
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Torstenson War
Kolding
Lister Dyb
Colberger Heide
Fehmarn
Bysjön
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Dano-Swedish wars
Brávellir
Fýrisvellir
Helgeå
Lena
Gestilren
Hova
6000 mark war
Battle of Mjölkalånga
Kalundborg War
Visby
Battle of Åsle
Union Wars
1434-1436
Haraker
1470–1471
1501–1512
1512–1520
Swedish Liberation War
Northern Seven Years' War
Kalmar War
Torstenson War
Second Northern War
first Karl Gustav War
second Karl Gustav War
Scanian War
Great Northern War
Theatre War
War of 1808–1809
German campaign
The Torstenson War[a] was fought between Sweden and Denmark–Norway from 1643 to 1645. The name derives from Swedish general Lennart Torstenson.
Denmark had withdrawn from the Thirty Years' War in the 1629 Treaty of Lübeck. After its victories in the war, Sweden felt it had to attack Denmark-Norway due to its advantageous geographical position in relation to Sweden. Sweden invaded in a short two-year war. In the Second Treaty of Brömsebro (1645), which concluded the war, Denmark-Norway had to make huge territorial concessions and exempt Sweden from the Sound Dues, de facto acknowledging the end of the Danish dominium maris baltici. Danish efforts to reverse this result in the Second Northern, Scanian and Great Northern wars failed.
^Sundberg, Ulf (1998). Svenska krig 1521-1814 (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Hjalmarson & Högberg. p. 194. ISBN 9789189080140.
^Florén, Anders; Dahlgren, Stellan; Lindegren, Jant (1992). Kungar och krigare : tre essäer om Karl X Gustav, Karl XI och Karl XII [Kings and warriors: three essays on Charles X Gustav, Charles XI and Charles XII] (in Swedish). Atlantis. p. 25. ISBN 9174869922. I Torstenssons arme deltog han i fältslag i Tyskland och i tåget genom Danmark - ett dejligt land som han i krigsmundering skulle få stifta närmare kantskap med ett drygt decennium senare.
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Holy Roman Empire[1]