Finnish War
| Finnish War | |||||||||
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| Part of Russo–Swedish Wars and Napoleonic Wars | |||||||||
 Map of notable locations in Finland during the war | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Russian EmpireSupported by  France Spain |
 SwedenSupported by  United Kingdom Portugal | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Fyodor Buxhoeveden Bogdan von Knorring Pyotr Bagration Barclay de Tolly Nikolay Ivanovich Demidov |
Wilhelm Mauritz Klingspor Carl Johan Adlercreutz Georg Carl von Döbeln | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| August 1808: 95,000+ soldiers | August 1808: 36,000+ soldiers | ||||||||
The Finnish War (Swedish: Finska kriget, Finnish: Suomen sota, Russian: Русско-шведская война 1808—1809) was a war fought in 1808-1809 between Russia and Sweden. King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden lost, and Sweden lost its Eastern third. The lost land became the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland.
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