List of wars involving Denmark
This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of Denmark.
- Danish victory
- Danish defeat
- Another result *
*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Denmark, status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result.
700–1300[edit]
1300–1500[edit]
Year | War | Belligerents (excluding Denmark) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | |||
1304–1310 | The Swedish brother's feud | Denmark Birger Magnusson | Norway Duke Eric and Valdemar | Victory |
1316 | Battle of Gransee | Denmark Duchy of Mecklenburg | Margraviate of Brandenburg | Victory |
1326–1354 | Wars of the Rügen Succession | Christopher II Duchy of Mecklenburg | Pommerania Gerhard III | Stalemate |
1326 | Rebellion of 1326 | Christopher II | Gerhard III | Defeat
|
1328-1328 | Revolts against Valdemar III | Denmark | Peasants on Jutland and Zealand | Victory
|
1340–1360 | Reunification of Denmark | Denmark | Holstein Sweden | Victory
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1341-1343 | Kalundborg War | Denmark Lübeck | Sweden Holstein | Defeat |
1343–1345 | St. George's Night Uprising | Teutonic Order | Revala Harria Rotalia Vironia Oeselia | Victory
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1361 | Valdemar Atterdag's invasion of Gotland | Denmark | Sweden | Victory |
1361–1365 | First Dano-Hanseatic War | Denmark | Norway | Victory
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1367–1370 | Great Hanseatic War[15] | Denmark Norway | Confederation of Cologne Sweden | Defeat |
1384 | Swedish invasion of Scania[16][17] | Denmark | Sweden | * Truce likely signed in 1384 Temporary capture of Laholm by Sweden, followed by subsequent retreat |
1389 | Battle of Åsle | Denmark Swedish Nobles | Duchy of Mecklenburg Sweden | Victory
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1392–1398 | War with the Victual Brothers | Kalmar Union | Victual Brothers | Victory
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1403-1400 | War in Gotland (1403–1404) | Kalmar Union | Teutonic Order | Teutonic victory
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1410–1422 | Eric of Pommeranias First Schleswig War[18] | Kalmar Union | House of Schaumburg | Peace agreement
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1426–1435 | Dano-Hanseatic War | Kalmar Union | House of Schaumburg Hanseatic League | Defeat
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1434–1436 | Engelbrekt rebellion | Kalmar Union | Swedish rebels | Defeat
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1436 | Amund Sigurdssons Rebellion | Kalmar Union | Norwegian peasants | Victory
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1438 | Hallvard Graatops Revolt | Kalmar Union | Norwegian peasants | Victory
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1438–1441 | Dutch–Hanseatic War | Hanseatic League Denmark | Burgundy: Norway | Victory |
1441 | Battle of St. Jørgensbjerg[19] | Kalmar Union | Peasant army under Henrik Reventlow | Victory
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1448–1449 | War on Gotland (1448–1449) | Eric of Pomerania Supported by: Denmark | Sweden Supported by: Gutes | Victory
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1448–1451 | War for Norway | Denmark Pro-Danish Norwegians | Sweden Pro-Swedish Norwegians | Pro-Danish Victory
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1448–1502 | Krummedige-Tre Rosor feud | Krummedige family Denmark | Tre Rosor family Sweden | Krummedige victory
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1451–1457 | Dano-Swedish War (1451-1457) | Denmark Erik Axelsson Tott | Sweden | Victory
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1454–1466 | Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466) | Teutonic Order Kalmar Union | Polish Crown Supported by: Prussian Confederation | Defeat |
1464 | Battle of Haraker | Kalmar Union | Sweden | Defeat
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1470–1471 | Dano-Swedish War (1470–1471) | Kalmar Union | Sweden | Defeat
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1497 | Battle of Rotebro | Denmark | Sweden | Victory |
1500–1699[edit]
1700–1799[edit]
1800–1945[edit]
1946–present[edit]
Year | War | Belligerents (excluding Denmark) | Outcome | |
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Allies | Enemies | |||
1950–1953 | Korean War | South Korea United States United Nations | North Korea China | Ceasefire |
1956 | United Nations Emergency Force | United Nations | Egypt United Kingdom France Israel | Peace
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1958 | United Nations Observation Group in Lebanon (UNOGIL), as part of the 1958 Lebanon crisis | United Nations | Lebanon | Concluded |
1964–present | United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus | UNFICYP | Republic of Cyprus Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus | Ongoing |
1973-2022 | Whiskey War |
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