Torstenson War

Torstenson War
Part of the Thirty Years' War and Dano-Swedish War
Date1643–1645
Location
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 Swedish Empire Denmark–Norway
Supported by:
 Holy Roman Empire[1]
Commanders and leaders
Swedish Empire Gustav Horn
Swedish Empire Carl Gustaf Wrangel
Swedish Empire Lennart Torstenson
Swedish Empire Mårten Anckarhielm
Swedish Empire Carl Gustav[2]
Christian IV
Hannibal Sehested
Anders Bille
Ebbe Ulfeldt
Holy Roman Empire Matthias Gallas
Strength
24,600 32,000

The Torstenson War[a] was fought between Sweden and Denmark–Norway from 1643 to 1645. The name derives from Swedish general Lennart Torstenson.

Denmark-Norway had withdrawn from the Thirty Years' War in the 1629 Treaty of Lübeck.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-Norwegian dominium maris baltici. Danish-Norwegian efforts to reverse this result in the Second Northern, Scanian and Great Northern wars failed.

  1. ^ Sundberg, Ulf (1998). Svenska krig 1521–1814 (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Hjalmarson & Högberg. p. 194. ISBN 9789189080140.
  2. ^ 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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