Battle of Toverud The Battle of Toverud was a skirmish at the farm Toverud in Aurskog on the night between 19 and 20 April 1808 , as a part of the Dano - Swedish War of 1808 - 1809 . Background . On April 14 , 1808 the Swedish 2nd Brigade under Colonel Schwerin had crossed the Swedish - Norwegian border at Skillingfors and marched westwards towards Aurskog and Høland . Major Friederich Christopher von Ditten who was commander of the small Norwegian outposts stationed in the area , chose to pull his forces back across the river Glomma instead of attacking the Swedes . This meant that the road was open for Count Axel Otto Mörner ' s cavalry unit , who then occupied the undefended Blaker entrenchment on 16 April . Prince Christian August had been informed about the Swedish attack and had ordered six companies and some dragoons , a total of 2 , 200 men , to march northwards from Råde , and on the evening of 18 April the prince and his forces spent the night at Trøgstad Church . It was during his stay there that he were told that the Swedes had captured Blaker entrenchment . So at dawn on 19 April he continued the quick march northwards towards Aurskog . On the same day , Colonel Schwerin also sent a company northwards towards Blaker to reinforce Count Mörner , but at Killingmo they went right on one of the Norwegian vanguards and choose to retreat back to Colonel Schwerin ' s headquarters at Haneborg . Prince Christan August had thereby managed to cut off Count Mörner and his troops from the Swedish 2nd Brigade , and by ordering two of his companies to entrenched themselves on the farms in Rakkestad , the Prince intended to block Count Mörner ' s ability to retreat . Battle . Major Paul Weibye had from Prince Christian August ' s plan advanced in the direction of Blaker with five companies and 40 dragoons to find a suitable place to stop the enemy , and chose to occupy Toverud farm in the afternoon on 19 April . Major Weibye lined up his soldiers with the front to the south , where the 250 Swedish soldiers under Count Mörner was stationed , while the light company was positioned further north towards Haneborg . Count Mörner quickly realized that the Norwegian forces were about to encircle his troops and decided to quickly withdraw back to the main force at Haneborg . In all haste the Swedes began advancing towards the Norwegian positions around Rakkestad , but all the snow made it difficult for the Swedish forces to bypass parts of the Norwegian troops . This gave them no option , but to attack . Mörner chose to start the attack with a cavalry charge and sent the Hussars first . Since the Norwegian soldiers fired their muskets too early this gave the Swedes a great advantage since the Norwegians did not have time to reload , and the defense broke down when the Hussars reached the Norwegian lines . The Swedes had thus come through parts of the Norwegian defenses at Rakkestad , but soon realized that they also had to break through the troops who had entrenched themselves at Toverud . Count Mörner decided that the Hussars again would be first in line and storm the Norwegian position at Toverud with Mörner and infantry behind . But this time the Hussars was driven back , and Mörner decided instead to make a bayonet charge . But before the Swedish troops had managed to reorganize themselves in order to make a new attack , the Norwegian forces had started to attack them in the flanks . Count Mörner then realized that they could not break through the Norwegian defense at Toverud , and he surrendered to the Norwegian Lieutenant Gregers Lund . Aftermath . 112 Swedish Grenadiers and Hussars , and 9 officers had been taken prisoner after the battle . These prisoners were later paraded through Christiania and then brought to Akershus Fortress . Count Axel Otto Mörner was placed as a prisoner on Ulefoss Manor at Niels Aall , and later released in 1809 . Legacy . In connection with the 100 - year anniversary in 1908 , it was erected a monument ( ) in memory of the battle .