# List of wars between Denmark and Sweden

This is a list of wars between Denmark and Sweden. Broadly construed, it may refer to one of multiple wars which took place between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Kingdom of Denmark (from 1450 in personal union with the Kingdom of Norway) up to 1814:

## Mythological wars

* Dag the Wise's war against Denmark, c. 300
* Jorund's war against Denmark, c. 400
* Healfdene's invasion of Sweden, c. 480
* Ale's invasion of Sweden, c. 490

## Migration period

| War | Sweden and allies | Denmark and allies | Result |
| Swedish slave revolts c. 500 | Sweden | Denmark | Danish Victory |
| Ohthere's Danish Raid, c. 520 | Sweden | Denmark | Danish Victory |
| Battle of Brávellir 750s | Sweden | Denmark | Swedish victory |

## Viking Age

| War | Sweden and allies | Denmark and allies | Result |
| Anund Uppsale's raid of Sweden c. 800–850's | Sweden | Denmark | Danish Victory |
| Battle of Fýrisvellir, 986 | Sweden | Denmark Jomsvikings | Swedish victory |
| Eric the Victorious' invasion of Denmark, 990s | Sweden Poland | Denmark | Swedish victory |
| Olof Skötkonung's attack for the Danish throne, c. 995–999 | Sweden | Denmark | Swedish Victory |
| Battle of Helgeå, 1026 | Sweden Norway | Denmark England | Danish Victory |
| Battle of Stiklestad, 1030 | Sweden Norway | Denmark | Danish Victory |
| Swedish support for Magnus' invasion of Norway, 1035 | Sweden Norway | Denmark | Swedish Victory |

## Middle Ages

| War | Sweden and allies | Denmark and allies | Result |
| Svend III Grathe's Swedish raids, 1152–1154 | Sweden | Denmark | Danish Victory |
| Battle of Lena, 1208 | Sweden | Denmark | Swedish Victory |
| Battle of Gestilren, 1210 | Sweden | Denmark | Swedish Victory |
| Battle of Hova, 1275 | Sweden | Denmark | Danish Victory |
| 6000-mark war, 1276–1278 | Sweden | Denmark | Danish Victory |
| Battle of Mjölkalånga [sv], 1318 | Sweden | Denmark | Swedish Victory |
| Kalundborg War, 1341-1343 | Sweden-Norway Holstein | Denmark, Lübeck, Hamburg, Rostock, Wismar, Greifswald, and Stralsund | Swedish Victory |
| Valdemar Atterdag's invasion of Gotland, 1361 | Sweden, Hanseatic League | Denmark | Danish Victory |
| Danish–Hanseatic War, 1367–1370 | Sweden, Hanseatic League | Denmark | Hanseatic-Swedish victory |
| Battle of Åsle, 1389 | Sweden | Denmark | Danish Victory |

## Kalmar Union

| War | Sweden and allies | Denmark and allies | Result |
| Engelbrekt rebellion, 1434–1439 | Sweden | Kalmar Union | Swedish Victory |
| War for Norway 1448-1451 | Sweden | Denmark | Danish Victory |
| Krummedige-Tre Rosor feud 1448–1502 | Sweden | Denmark | Danish Victory |
| Dano-Swedish War (1449–1457) | Sweden | Kalmar Union | Danish Victory |
| Battle of Haraker 1464 | Sweden | Kalmar Union | Swedish Victory |
| Dano-Swedish War of 1470–1471 | Sweden | Kalmar Union | Swedish Victory |
| Battle of Rotebro, 1497 | Sweden | Kalmar Union | Danish Victory |
| War of Deposition against King Hans 1501-1503 | Sweden | Kalmar Union | Swedish Victory |
| Alvsson Rebellion | Sweden | Denmark | Danish Victory |
| Dano-Swedish War of 1501–1512 | Sweden, Lübeck | Kalmar Union | Danish Victory |
| Dano-Swedish War of 1512–1520 | Sweden | Kalmar Union | Danish Victory |
| Swedish War of Liberation 1521-1523 | Sweden, Lübeck | Kalmar Union | Swedish Victory |

## Early modern period

| War | Sweden and allies | Denmark and allies | Treaty | Result |
| Northern Seven Years' War, 1563–1570. See also Livonian War | Sweden | Denmark-Norway, Lübeck, Poland-Lithuania | Treaty of Stettin (1570) | Stalemate |
| Kalmar War, 1611–1613 | Sweden | Denmark-Norway | Treaty of Knäred | Danish Victory |
| Torstenson War, 1643–1645. Known in Norway as the Hannibal War. | Sweden | Denmark-Norway | Second Treaty of Brömsebro | Swedish Victory |
| First Karl Gustav War (1657–1658) | Sweden | Denmark-Norway | Treaty of Roskilde | Swedish Victory |
| Second Karl Gustav War, 1658–1660 | Sweden | Denmark-Norway | Treaty of Copenhagen | Danish Victory |
| Second Bremen War, 1666 | Sweden | Denmark-Norway | Treaty of Habenhausen | Danish Victory |
| Scanian War, 1675–1679 | Sweden | Denmark-Norway | Peace of Lund | Stalemate |
| Great Northern War first Danish Intervention, 1700. See Peace of Travendal. | Sweden | Denmark-Norway | Peace of Travendal | Swedish Victory |
| Great Northern War second Danish Intervention, 1709–1720 | Sweden | Denmark-Norway | Treaty of Frederiksborg | Danish Victory |
| Theatre War 1788–1789 | Sweden | Denmark-Norway | None | Swedish Victory |
| Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809 | Sweden | Denmark-Norway | Treaty of Jönköping | Stalemate |
| Dano-Swedish War (1813–1814) | Sweden | Denmark-Norway | Treaty of Kiel | Swedish Victory |