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Time Period	Name of War	Conslusion
1520	Stockholm Bloodbath (Stockholms blodbad)	80-90 people (mostly nobility and clergy) were executed 8 November 1520
1521-1523	The War of Liberation (Befrielsekriget)	Armistice of Gotland (1524) Recess of Malmö (1524)
1534-1536	Danish Count’s Feud (Danska Grevefejden	Armistice of Copenhagen (1537)
1542-1543	Dacke Feud (Dackefejden)	Uprising of peasants put down by Gustav Vasa
1554-1557	Great Russian War (Stora ryska kriget)	Treaty of Novgorod (1557)
1563-1570	Northern Seven Years’ War (Nordiska sjuårskriget)	Treaty of Stettin (1570)
1563-1568	The First Polish War (Första polska Kriget)	A formal treaty never took place. The war ended when Johan III became king of Sweden in 1568.
1570-1595	Livonian War and Russo-Swedish War (1590-1595) (25-årskriget mot Ryssland)	Treaty of Teusina (1595)
1598-1599	War against Sigismund (Kriget mot Sigismund)	Armistice of Stångebro (1598)
1600-1629	The second Polish War ( Andra polska kriget)	Armistice of Altmark (1629) Armistice of Stuhmsdorf
1609-1610	De la Gardie Campaign (De la Gardieska fälttåget)	De la Gardies Compromise
1610-1617	Ingrian War (Ingermanländska kriget)	Treaty of Stolbovo (1617)
1611-1613	Kalmar War (Kalmarkriget)	Treaty of Knäred (1613)
1618-1648	Thirty Years War (Trettioåriga kriget)	• Treaty of Stettin (1630) Alliance with/occupation of Pomerania • Treaty of Bärwalde (1631): Alliance with France • Armistice of Stuhmsdorf with Poland (1635) • Armistice of Stockholm with Brandenburg (1641) • Armistice of Eulenburg with Saxony (1646) • Armistice of Ulm Bavaria and Cologne (1647) • Peace of Westphalia with the Holy Roman Empire (1648)
1643-1645	Torstenson War (Torstensons krig)	Treaty of Brömsebro (1645)
1653-1654	First Bremian War (Första bremiska kriget)	Recess of Stade (1654)
1655-1660	Second Northern War (Nordiska krigen)	• Treaty of Roskilde with Denmark-Norway (26 February 1658 • Treaty of Olivia with Poland (23 April 1660) • Treaty of Copenhagen with Denmark-Norway 27 May 1660 • Treaty of Kardis with Russia (21 June 1661)
1657-1658	The First Danish War of King Karl X Gustaf (Part of the Second Northern War)	• Treaty of Taastrup 18 February 1658 • Treaty of Roskilde (26 February 1658)
1658-1660	The Second Danish War of King Karl X Gustaf (Part of the Second Northern War)	Treaty of Copenhagen with Denmark-Norway 27 May 1660
1665-1666	Second Bremian War (Andra bremiska kriget)	Treaty of Habenhausen (1666)
1675-1679	Scanian War (Skånska kriget)	• Peace of Lund • Treaty of Nijmegen with the Holy Roman Emperor, Münster and the Netherlands (1679) • Treaty of Celle with Lüneberg (1679) • Treaty of Saint Germain with Brandenburg (1679) • Treaty of Fontainebleau with Denmark-Norway (1679)
1688-1697	Great Northern War (Stora nordiska kriget)	• Treaty of Traventhal with Denmark-Norway (1700) • Treaty of Altranstädt with Saxony (1706) • Treaty of Stockholm with Hanover and Prussia (1719, 1720) • Treaty of Frederiksborg with Denmark-Norway (1720) • Treaty of Nystad with Russia (1721)
1741-1743	Hats Russian War (Hattarnas ryska krig)	Treaty of Åbo (1743)
1757-1762	Pomeranian War (Pommerska kriget)	Treaty of Hamburg (1762)
1788-1789	Theater War (Teaterkriget)	The Danish declaration of neutrality 1789
1788-1790	Gustav III’s Russian War (Gustav III:s ryska krig)	Treaty of Värälä
1801-1802	First Barbary War (Barbareskkriget)
1805-1810	War of the Fourth Coalition (Första kriget mot Napoleon)	Treaty of Paris (1810)
1808-1809	Dansk-svenska kriget 1808-1809	Treaty of Jönköping (1809)
1808-1809	Finnish War (Finska kriget)	Treaty of Fredrikshamn (1809)
1810-1812	War against United Kingdom (Kriget mot Storbritannien)	Treaty of Örebro (1812)
1813-1814	War of the Sixth Coalition (Sjätte koalitionskriget Andra kriget mot Napoleon)	• Treaty of Kiel with Denmark-Norway (1814) • Peace of Fontainebleau with Napoleon (1814) • Treaty of Paris with France (1814)
1814	Campaign against Norway (Fälttåget mot Norge)	Convention of Moss (1814) Union of Norway