Wars
Russo-Swedish War
Victory · Treaty of Fredrikshamn
Show on the timeline- Period on the timeline
- 1808–1809
Russian forces occupied Finland and carried the fighting onto Swedish territory. Under the peace settlement, Sweden ceded Finland and the Åland Islands; the Grand Duchy of Finland was established within the Russian Empire.
- Period
- 1808–1809
- Belligerents
- The Russian Empire — Sweden
- Outcome
- Finland and the Åland Islands ceded to Russia
- Settlement
- Treaty of Fredrikshamn, 1809