page_title: Military history of Sweden
section_title: The Union era
hierarchical_section_title: Military history of Sweden / The Union era
caption_attribution_description: Sweden vs. Denmark.
context_page_description: During the prehistoric times, modern Sweden was divided into provinces and in the Svea and Göta kingdoms. There is said that wars were fought between Svear and Götar and that the former were victors. As the Icelandic sagas tell of many family feuds, one can assume that these were not uncommon in Sweden either, as the structure of the society was similar.
  During the early Middle Ages, many Vikings took recruitment in the fleet and participated both in trade and in plundering raids. The system of Leidang was used to organize the armies in the different parts of the country. In an alliance with the Danes, the Swedish king Olof Skötkonung won the war against the Norwegians at the battle of Svolder.
caption: The Battle of Bornhöved was fought in 1813, during the War of the Sixth Coalition. The battle was the last time Swedish and Danish forces met on the battlefield.
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