Torstenson War
Conflict between Sweden and Denmark–Norway from 1643 to 1645 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Torstenson War[lower-alpha 1] was fought between Sweden and Denmark–Norway from 1643 to 1645. The name derives from Swedish general Lennart Torstenson.
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Torstenson War | |||||||||
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Part of the Thirty Years' War and Dano-Swedish War | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Swedish Empire |
Denmark–Norway Supported by: Holy Roman Empire[1] | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Gustav Horn Carl Gustaf Wrangel Lennart Torstenson Mårten Anckarhielm Carl Gustav[2] |
Christian IV Hannibal Sehested Anders Bille Ebbe Ulfeldt Matthias Gallas | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
24,600 | 32,000 |
Denmark had withdrawn from the Thirty Years' War in the 1629 Treaty of Lübeck. After its victories in the war, Sweden felt it had to attack Denmark-Norway due to its advantageous geographical position in relation to Sweden. Sweden invaded in a short two-year war. In the Second Treaty of Brömsebro (1645), which concluded the war, Denmark-Norway had to make huge territorial concessions and exempt Sweden from the Sound Dues, de facto acknowledging the end of the Danish dominium maris baltici. Danish efforts to reverse this result in the Second Northern, Scanian and Great Northern wars failed.