Third Swedish Crusade | |||||||||
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Part of the Northern Crusades and the Swedish–Novgorodian Wars | |||||||||
Birger Magnusson, the Swedish king at the time of the Crusade. | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Sweden |
Novgorod Pagan Karelians | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Birger Magnusson Torkel Knutsson Sigge Lake † Bishop Petrus[1] | Roman Glebovich | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
Unknown | Unknown |
Christianization of Finland | ||||||||
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People | ||||||||
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Locations | ||||||||
Kokemäki ● Köyliö ● Nousiainen ● Koroinen ● Turku Cathedral | ||||||||
Events | ||||||||
Finnish-Novgorodian wars First Swedish Crusade Second Swedish Crusade Third Swedish Crusade | ||||||||
The Third Swedish Crusade to Finland was a Swedish military expedition against the pagan Karelians from 1293 to 1295 in which the Swedes successfully expanded their borders eastwards and gained further control of their lands in Finland.