List of wars involving Denmark
This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of Denmark.
700–1300[]
Year | War | Belligerents (excluding Denmark) | Outcome | |
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793–1066 | Viking invasions of England | ![]() |
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Victory (first phase)
Defeat (second phase)
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859 | [1][2][3] (ca. 859) |
Norse Vikings | Kingdom of Nekor | Viking victory
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1048-1064 | Invasion of Denmark | ![]() |
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Stalemate
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1131-1157 | Danish Civil War (Civil war)[4] | ![]() |
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Victory
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1144-1147 | Wendish Crusade | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Polabian Slavs West Slavs |
Victory |
1203-1290 | Livonian Crusade | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Indigenous peoples | Victory
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1227 | Danish–German war | ![]() |
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Defeat
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1274-1275 | The war against Valdemar Birgersson | ![]() Magnus III of Sweden |
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Victory
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1276-1278 | 6000-mark war | ![]() |
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Victory
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1289-1295 | Danish-Norwegian War | ![]() |
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Defeat
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1300–1500[]
Year | War | Belligerents (excluding Denmark) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | |||
1304-1310 | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory | |
1343–1345 | St. George's Night Uprising | ![]()
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Revala Harria Rotalia Vironia Oeselia |
Victory
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1392-1398 | War with the Victual Brothers | ![]() |
Victual Brothers | Victory
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1426-1435 | Dano-Hanseatic War | ![]() |
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Defeat
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1497 | Battle of Rotebro | ![]() |
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Victory |
1500–1699[]
Year | War | Belligerents (excluding Denmark) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | |||
1501–1503 | War of Deposition against King Hans | ![]() |
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Defeat Hans, King of Denmark deposed as King of Sweden. |
1501–1512 | Dano-Swedish War (1501–1512) | ![]() |
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Victory Treaty of Malmö: Lübeck and the Hanseatic League stop support for Sweden and agree to pay contribution, Sweden agrees further negotiations about a compromise to preserve the union |
1521–1523 | Swedish War of Liberation | ![]() |
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Defeat Treaty of Malmö: Regained Swedish independence, dissolution of Kalmar Union, Sweden renounced its claims to Scania and Blekinge. |
1534–1536 | Count's Feud (civil war) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jutland |
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Reformation in Denmark–Norway and Holstein |
1538-1550 | Icelandic Reformation | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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1558–1583 | Livonian War | ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Victory
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1563–1570 | Northern Seven Years' War | ![]() |
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Status quo ante bellum Treaty of Stettin (1570) |
1571 | Danish attack on Poland | ![]() |
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Victory |
1611–1613 | Kalmar War | ![]() |
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Victory Treaty of Knäred (1613) |
1618–1648 | Thirty Years' War | Protestant States and Allies
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Roman Catholic States and Allies
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Defeat Peace of Westphalia
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1643–1645 | Torstenson War | ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat Treaty of Brömsebro (1645) |
1657–1660 | Second Northern War | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat Treaty of Roskilde (February 26, 1658) |
1665-1667 | Second Anglo-Dutch War | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory Treaty of Breda (1667) |
1666 | Second Swedish War on Bremen | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Treaty of Habenhausen |
1672–1674 | Third Anglo-Dutch War | ![]() ![]() |
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Victory Treaty of Westminster (1674) |
1675–1678 | Franco-Dutch War[5] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Treaty of Westminster Treaties of Nijmegen |
1675–1679 | Scanian War | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Status quo ante bellum Treaty of Fontainebleau (1679) |
1700–1799[]
Year | War | Belligerents (excluding Denmark) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | |||
1700–1720 | Great Northern War | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory Treaty of Frederiksborg (1720) |
1703-1711 | Rákóczi's War of Independence | ![]()
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Victory |
1701–1714 | War of the Spanish Succession[6] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory Treaty of Rastatt and Treaty of Utrecht |
1770-1772 | Danish–Algerian War | ![]() |
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Defeat
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1784 | Sagbadre War | ![]()
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Anlo Confederacy | Victory
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1788–1789 | Theatre War | ![]() |
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Inconclusive |
1788–1790 | Russo-Swedish War | ![]() |
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Status quo ante bellum |
1797 | Action of 16 May 1797 | ![]() |
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Victory |
1798–1802 | War of the Second Coalition | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() French client republics:
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Victory Treaty of Lunéville and Treaty of Amiens |
1800–1945[]
Year | War | Belligerents (excluding Denmark) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | |||
1800–1813 | Napoleonic Wars | ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat Congress of Vienna (1815) |
1801, 1807-1814 | English Wars | ![]()
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Defeat
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1807–1814 | Gunboat War | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1808–1809 | Finnish War | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory Treaty of Fredrikshamn |
1808–1809 | Dano-Swedish War (1808-09) | ![]() ![]() |
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Stalemate
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1813-1814 | War of the Sixth Coalition | ![]()
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Defeat Treaty of Fontainebleau First Treaty of Paris |
1815 | War of the Seventh Coalition | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
Congress of Vienna |
1825 | Capture of the sloop Anne | ![]()
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Victory
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1848–1850 | First Schleswig War | ![]() |
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Victory London Protocol |
1864 | Second War of Schleswig | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1918–1920 | Estonian War of Independence[7] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory |
1939–1940 | Winter War[8] World War II |
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1939–1940 | Phoney War World War II |
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1940 | Operation Weserübung World War II |
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Defeat German forces occupy Denmark. |
1940–1945 | Occupation of Denmark World War II |
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Victory German forces withdrew at the end of World War II following their surrender to the Allies on 5 May 1945. |
1946–present[]
Year | War | Belligerents (excluding Denmark) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | |||
1950–1953 | Korean War‹ | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Ceasefire |
1990–1991 | Gulf War | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory |
1992–1995 | Bosnian War (Operation Bøllebank) |
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Victory, Dayton Accords |
1998–1999 | Kosovo War | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory, Kumanovo Treaty |
2002–2021 | War in Afghanistan | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Defeat, Defeat of Taliban forces briefly before Taliban retook the region in 2021. |
2002–2011 | Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa Part of the War on Terrorism |
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victory |
2003–2011 | Iraq War | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory, Danish withdrawal in 2008 |
2009-2016 | Operation Ocean Shield | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
Number of Somali pirate attacks have been reduced dramatically |
2011 | 2011 Libyan Civil War | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Victory, Overthrow of Gaddafi government UN, EU, AL and AU diplomatically recognise the National Transitional Council as the sole governing authority for Libya |
2014–present | Military intervention against ISIL | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Ongoing |
References and notes[]
- ^ http://www.smashcompany.com/philosophy/the-vikings-raided-africa-and-then-took-slaves-back-to-ireland
- ^ "History: The Viking Adventure In Morocco".
- ^ Ibn-Adhari, translated in Stefansson, Jon, "The Vikings in Spain. From Arabic (Moorish) and Spanish Sources". In Saga-Book of the Viking Club: Vol. VI Proceedings. University of London King's College, 1909, pp. 40–41.
- ^ Bøgh, Anders (26 May 2015). "The Civil War periode 1131-1157". danmarkshistorien.dk/ (in Danish). Aarhus Universitet. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ^ "1675 AD". Retrieved 30 October 2011.
- ^ "The War of Spanish Succession 1701–1714". World History at KMLA. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
- ^ "Iseseisvuse aeg 1918–40". Eesti. Üld. Vol. 11. Eesti entsüklopeedia. 2002. pp. 296–311.
- ^ See Foreign support in the Winter War
See also[]
- Dano-Swedish war (disambiguation)
- List of Danish monarchs
- List of Danish regiments
- List of wars
- List of battles
- Military history of Denmark
- Wars involving Denmark
- Lists of wars by country
- Denmark history-related lists
- Danish military-related lists