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List of wars between Poland and Sweden

series of wars in the 16th–18th century

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ1645044 ↗
Source-derived summary

This is a list of wars between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden. Broadly construed, the term refers to a series of wars between 1562 and 1814. More narrowly, it refers to particular wars between 1600 and 1629.

List

These are the wars included under the broader use of the term:

See also

List of wars involving Poland

List of wars involving Sweden

Polish–Ottoman Wars

Polish–Russian Wars

Polish–Teutonic War – Military conflictsPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets

History of Sweden (1611–1648) – Rise of Sweden as a great power

References

Works cited

Björlin, G. (1890). Gustaf II Adolf: läsning för ung och gammal (in Swedish). Retrieved November 9, 2024.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “List of wars between Poland and Sweden” is series of wars in the 16th–18th century. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through List, wars and between, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1562, 1814, 1600, 1629—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, List, wars and between is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “series of wars in the 16th–18th century” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1645044. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1562, 1814, 1600 and 1629.

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This entry incorporates text from “List of wars between Poland and Sweden” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.