Soon, Sweden took Tallinn and Helsinki became a war town, whose port was used to ship soldiers first to the Baltic area and, in the 1630s, to Germany to fight in the Thirty Years’ War.
Peatselt vallutas Rootsi Tallinna ja Helsingist sai sõjalinn, mille sadama kaudu viidi sõjamehi esmalt Balti ja 1630-ndatel aastatel 30-aastasesse sõtta Saksamaale.