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List of wars between Russia and Sweden

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Source revisionSep 12, 2026
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This is a list of wars between Russia, Sweden and their predecessor states.

Wars between Sweden and the Novgorod Republic

Wars between Sweden and Tsarist Russia

See also

Finnish–Novgorodian wars – 11th-14th century European wars in the Baltic region

Swedish–Novgorodian Wars – A series of conflicts between the 12th and 14th centuries.

History of the Russo-Turkish wars – Series of conflicts between 1568 and 1918Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets

List of armed conflicts involving Poland against Russia

List of wars involving Russia

List of wars involving Sweden

Russo-Finnish wars

Russo-Persian Wars – Series of conflicts between 1651 and 1828

Swedish intervention in Persia

Invasion of Åland

References

Works cited

Pashuto, Vladimir (1968). Внешняя политика Руси [The foreign policy of Rus'] (in Russian). Moscow: Nauka.

Liptai, E. (1984), Magyarország hadtörténete [Military history of Hungary] (in Hungarian), vol. 1, Zrínyi Katonai Kiadó, ISBN 963-326-320-4

Sundberg, Ulf (1998). Medeltidens svenska krig [Medieval Swedish Wars] (in Swedish) (1st ed.). Stockholm: Hjalmarson & Högberg. p.

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