List of wars involving Denmark explained

This is a list of wars and war-like conflicts involving the modern Kingdom of Denmark and predecessor states.

*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

Year	War	Belligerents (excluding Denmark)		Outcome
		Allies	Enemies
c. 770	Harald Wartooth's invasion of Sweden	Denmark	Sweden	Victory Harald Wartooth subjegates a majority of Sweden
c.770	Battle of Brávellir	Denmark Wends Eastern Geats	Sweden Estonians Western Geats	Defeat Harald Wartooth's death
793–1066	Viking invasions of England	Norse Vikings	Kingdom of England	Victory (first phase) Establishment of The Danelaw Defeat (second phase) Viking power is broken after The Battle of Stamford Bridge.
810–811	Invasion of Frisia	Danish Kingdom	Francia	Stalemate Treaty of Heiligen Danish border confirmed at The Eider
813	Halfdan the Mild's revolt	Danish Kingdom	Halfdan the Mild	Revolt successful Denmark is expelled and Vestfold gains independence.
838	Battle of Hingston Down	Danish Vikings Cornwall	Anglo-Saxons	Defeat Viking Defeat
845	Siege of Paris (845)	Norse Vikings		Viking victory Viking plunder of Paris
851	Battle of Aclea	Danish Vikings		Defeat West-Saxon victory
853	Invasion of Courland	Danish Vikings		Defeat Curonian victory
859	Viking raid on Nekor^[1] ^[2] ^[3] (ca. 859)	Norse Vikings	Kingdom of Nekor	Viking victory Vikings occupied Nekor for 8 days.
865–878	Great Heathen Army's invasion of England	Norse Vikings Norse–Gaels	Anglo-Saxon kingdoms: Wessex Northumbria Mercia East Anglia Kingdom of Strathclyde Kingdom of Alba	Viking victory Treaty of Wedmore Establishment of Danelaw Failure to Conquer Wessex
866	Battle of Brissarthe	Danish Vikings	Francia	Viking victory Frankish retreat
880	Battle of Thimeon	Danish Vikings	West Francia	Defeat Viking Defeat
881	Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu	Danish Vikings	West Francia	Defeat 9000 Vikings slain Vikings starts Raiding Lotharingia
882	Siege of Asselt	Danish Vikings		Defeat Godfrid became a vassal of Charles the Fat and converted to Christianity.
885–886	Siege of Paris (885–886)	Danish Vikings	West Francia	Stalemate Paris successfully defended Vikings granted passage of the Seine and 700 livres (pounds) of silver Vikings raids continued into Burgundy
891	Battle of Leuven (891)	Danish Kingdom	East Francia	Defeat Death of Sigfried and Godfried
899–902	Æthelwold's Revolt	Followers of Æthelwold ætheling Supported by: Danes of Northumbria Kingdom of East Anglia	Followers of Edward the Elder: Wessex Mercia Kent	Defeat Victory for Edward the Elder
900s	Olof the Brashs conquest of Denmark			Defeat Victory for Olaf
911	Siege of Chartres (911)	Danish Vikings	West Francia	Stalemate West Frankish military victory Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte Rollo is granted lands in northern France in exchange for vassalage, religious conversion and pledge to defend the Seine's estuary from viking raiders
939	Battle of Trans-la-Forêt	Danish Vikings	West Francia	Defeat Decisive Breton victory
955–961	War between King Haakon the Good and the sons of Eirik Bloodaxe	Sons of Eric Bloodaxe Kingdom of Denmark	Norway	Defeat Harald Greycloak becomes king of Norway.
974	German–Danish War of 974	Kingdom of Denmark Norwegian vassal		Defeat Hedeby under German occupation from 974 to 981
mid-980s	Sweyn's revolt against Harald Bluetooth	Sweyn Forkbeard	Harald Bluetooth	Victory for Sweyn Forkbeard Harald Bluetooth exiled Sweyn becomes king of Denmark
986	Battle of Fýrisvellir	Kingdom of Denmark Jomsvikings	Sweden	Defeat Swedish Victory
986	Battle of Hjörungavágr	Kingdom of Denmark Jomsvikings	Norway	Defeat Norwegian Victory
986	Norwegian-Jomsviking War	Kingdom of Denmark Jomsvikings	Norway	Defeat Norwegian Victory Danish fleet destroyed
992		Danish Kingdom	Sweden	Defeat Swedish victory ^[4] ^[5]
mid-990s				Stalemate Stade and Northern Germany gets pillaged and plundered by Vikings. Eric, however, fails to permanently capture land in the Holy Roman Empire.
1000	Battle of Svolder	Kingdom of Denmark Sweden Earldom of Lade	Norway	Allied Victory Partitioning of Norway Backlash against Christianity
1004	Battle of Thetford	Kingdom of Denmark	Norway Anglo-Saxons	Anglo-Norwegian Victory
1013	Sweyn Forkbeards invasion of England	Kingdom of Denmark	Kingdom of England	Danish victory Sweyn Forkbeard becomes king of England and dies shortly after
1015–1016	Olav II's conquest of Norway (1015–1016) Raid on Denmark	Kingdom of Sweden Kingdom of Denmark Earldom of Orkney	Kingdom of Norway	Defeat The territorial changes following the Battle of Svolder are reversed
1016	Cnut the Great's invasion of England	Kingdom of Denmark Kingdom of Norway	Kingdom of England	Dano-Norwegian victory Personal union formed between Denmark and England in 1018. Following Edmund's death on 30 November, Cnut ascends to the throne as the sole king of England.
1028	Battle of Helgeå	Kingdom of Denmark Kingdom of England	Sweden Norway	Anglo-Danish victory Subjegation of parts of Sweden
1028–1029	Cnut's Invasion of Norway	North Sea Empire	Norway	Anglo-Danish victory Norway conquered
1031	Battle of Stiklestad	The "Peasant Army".loyal to Cnut the Great.	Norway	Peasant victory Death of Olaf II of Norway
1043	Magnus the Good's conquest of Denmark	Wends	Kingdom of Norway Danish Loyalists	Defeat Denmark reconquered Rebellion crushed Magnus the Good is kept king over both Norway and Denmark Sweyn Estridsson flees to Sweden
1043	Battle of Lyrskov Heath	Norway Danish Loyalists	Wends Danish Rebels	Norwegian and Danish Loyalist victory Up to 15.000 Wends killed^[6]
1043	Norwegian-Wendish War	Norway Danish Loyalists	Wends Danish Rebels	Norwegian and Danish Loyalist victory Destruction the Viking fort Jomsborg, possibly to destroy the Danish competitors to the throne. Plundering of the Wendish town of Jumne.
1048–1064	Invasion of Denmark	Denmark	Norway	Stalemate Peace agreement, mutual recognition and Norwegian withdrawal.
1069–1075	Danish attacks on Norman England	Earl of Northumbria	Norman England	Stalemate Danegeld paid Unsuccessful reconquest of England
1086	Peasant rebellion in Vendsyssel		peasants	Defeat Death of Canute
1093	Battle of Schmilau	Prince Henry Saxony	Obotrites	Victory Victory for the Christian coalition
1131–1157	Danish Civil War (Civil war)^[7]			Valdemar Victory Valdemar I is made king of all of Denmark
1144–1147	Wendish Crusade		Polabian Slavs West Slavs	Victory
1168 or 1169	Siege of Arkona		Rani	Danish Victory Rügen conquered and converted
1170	Battle of Julin Bridge		Pomeranians	Danish Victory entire army of Bogislaw scattered
1181	Battle of Dösjebro	Royalists	Scanian rebels	Royalist Victory
1182		Harald Skraeng Sweden	Denmark	Victory Uprising quelled
1184	Battle of Greiswald Bay^[8]			Danish Victory
1189–1192	Third Crusade	Angevin Empire Kingdom of France Kingdom of Jerusalem Knights Templar Knights Hospitaller Republic of Pisa Kingdom of Sicily Papal States Holy Roman Empire Duchy of Bohemia Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia Kingdom of Denmark Republic of Genoa		Crusader Victory Treaty of Jaffa (1192)
1191	Danish Crusade of 1191^[9]			Unknown result Canute VI claims victory
1192	Invasion of Bishop Valdemar^[10]		Bishop Valdemar Supported by: Sweden^[11] Norway^[12] Hohenstaufen Holstein Ratzeburg Brandenburg	Victory Bishop Valdemar is imprisoned
1201	Battle of Stellau		County of Holstein	Danish Victory Holstein Subjegated
1201	Danish Crusade of 1201			Indecisive Conquered regions handed over to Sweden^[13]
1203–1290	Livonian Crusade	Sword-Brothers Livonian Order Denmark Sweden	Indigenous peoples Livonians Latgalians Selonians Estonians Oeselians Curonians Semigallians	Victory Terra Mariana Duchy of Estonia
1204–1208	The Second Bagler War	Bagler Party	Birkebeiner	Peace Settlement of Kvitsøy Inge Magnusson becomes king of all of Norway
1210	Battle of Gestilren	Denmark House of Sverker	Sweden House of Eric	Defeat Eric X of Sweden becomes king of Sweden
1210	Invasion of Pomeralia			Danish Victory Pomeralia subjegated
1225	Battle of Mölln (1225)	Denmark	County of Schwerin	Defeat Danish possessions in Germany rebels
1227	Danish–German war	Denmark	County of Holstein   Hanseatic League	Defeat Holstein regained independence Denmark forced to withdraw from northern Germany.
1240–1242	Livonian campaign against Rus' Danish Campaigns to Novgorod	Livonian Order Denmark	Novgorod Republic	Defeat
1245	Battle of Embo	Denmark Norway	Kingdom of Scotland	Defeat
1250	Expedition against Frisia		Frisian rebels	Defeat Abel killed
1256	Halland Campaign	Denmark	Norway	Peace treaty signed Norway renounces its claim on Halland Ingeborg marries Magnus VI of Norway
1259-1261	The Archbishop War^[14]	Margaret	Lund Archbishopric Schleswig Rügen	Defeat Plunderer of Zealand Loss of Royal possessions in Schleswig
1274-1275	The war against Valdemar Birgersson	Denmark Magnus III of Sweden	Sweden	Victory Valdemar, King of Sweden is deposed Magnus Ladulås is crowned king of Sweden
1276–1278	6000-mark war	Denmark	Sweden	Victory Magnus III of Sweden agrees to pay 4000 mark
1289–1295	Danish-Norwegian War	Denmark	Norway Danish outlaws	Defeat North Halland ceded to Kingdom of Norway

1300–1500

Year	War	Belligerents (excluding Denmark)		Outcome
		Allies	Enemies
1304–1310	The Swedish brother's feud	Denmark Birger Magnusson	Norway Duke Eric and Valdemar	Victory Death of Duke Eric and Valdemar.
1316	Battle of Gransee	Denmark Duchy of Mecklenburg	Margraviate of Brandenburg	Victory Treaty of Templin
1326–1354	Wars of the Rügen Succession	Christopher II Duchy of Mecklenburg	Pommerania Gerhard III	Stalemate Treaty of Brudersdorf Treaty of Stralsund
1326	Rebellion of 1326	Christopher II	Gerhard III	Defeat Overthrowal of Christopher II
1328–1328	Revolts against Valdemar III		Peasants on Jutland and Zealand	Victory Valdemar retains the throne
1340–1360	Reunification of Denmark	Denmark	Holstein Sweden	Victory Reunification of Denmark
1341–1343	Kalundborg War	Denmark Lübeck	Sweden Holstein	Defeat
1343–1345	St. George's Night Uprising	Teutonic Order Livonian Order Denmark	Revala Harria Rotalia Vironia Oeselia	Victory Uprising defeated Denmark sells Duchy of Estonia to the State of the Teutonic Order
1361	Valdemar Atterdag's invasion of Gotland	Denmark	Sweden Hanseatic League	Victory Gotland conquered Visby ransomed
1361–1365	First Dano-Hanseatic War	Denmark	Norway Hanseatic League Sweden	Victory Dissolution of the Anti-Danish Alliance
1367–1370	Great Hanseatic War^[15]		Confederation of Cologne Sweden	Defeat Treaty of Stralsund (1370)
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 Margaret I of Denmark becomes regent of Sweden
1392–1398	War with the Victual Brothers		Victual Brothers	Victory Formation of the Kalmar Union.
1403–1400	War in Gotland (1403–1404)	Kalmar Union		Teutonic victory Gotland is purchased by the Kalmar Union after negotiations in 1407
1410–1422	Eric of Pommeranias First Schleswig War^[18]		House of Schaumburg	Peace agreement Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor decides in favor of Denmark
1426–1435	Dano-Hanseatic War		House of Schaumburg Hanseatic League	Defeat Treaty of Vordingborg
1434–1436	Engelbrekt rebellion		Swedish rebels	Defeat Danish forces temporarily expulsed from Sweden
1436	Amund Sigurdssons Rebellion		Norwegian peasants	Victory Peasant Revolt quelled Rebels promises loyalty to Eric of Pomerania
1438	Hallvard Graatops Revolt		Norwegian peasants	Victory Revolt suppressed
1438–1441	Dutch–Hanseatic War	Hanseatic League Denmark Lüneburg Mecklenburg Pomerania Holstein Brandenburg	Burgundy: County of Holland Norway	Victory Treaty of Copenhagen (1441)
1441	Battle of St. Jørgensbjerg^[19]		Peasant army under Henrik Reventlow	Victory Rebellion defeated
1448–1449	War on Gotland (1448–1449)	Eric of Pomerania Supported by: Denmark	Sweden Supported by: Gutes	Victory Gotland handed over to Denmark
1448–1451	War for Norway	Denmark Pro-Danish Norwegians	Sweden Pro-Swedish Norwegians	Pro-Danish Victory Christian I becomes king of Norway
1448–1502	Krummedige-Tre Rosor feud	Krummedige family Denmark	Tre Rosor family Sweden	Krummedige victory The male Tre Rosor line in Norway becomes extinct. Norwegian monarchy strengthened Prince Christian maintains control over Norway
1451–1457	Dano-Swedish War (1451-1457)	Denmark Erik Axelsson Tott	Sweden	Victory Reinstalment of the Kalmar union
1454–1466	Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466)	Teutonic Order Livonian Order Amsterdam Duchy of Żagań	Polish CrownSupported by: Prussian Confederation	Defeat Second Peace of Toruń
1464	Battle of Haraker		Sweden	Defeat Christian I was deposed as king of Sweden
1470–1471	Dano-Swedish War (1470–1471)		Sweden	Defeat Danish failure to conquer Sweden
1497	Battle of Rotebro	Denmark	Sweden	Victory

1500–1699

Year	War	Belligerents (excluding Denmark)		Outcome
		Allies	Enemies
1500	Battle of Hemmingstedt		Dithmarschen	Defeat Destruction of the royal army
1501–1503	War of Deposition against King Hans		Sweden	Defeat Hans, King of Denmark deposed as King of Sweden.
1501–1504	Alvsson Rebellion		Knut Alvsson (until 1502) Nils Ravaldsson (from 1502) Sweden	Victory Dano-Norwegian ties solidified
1501–1512	Dano-Swedish War (1501–1512)		Sweden Free City of Lübeck (from 1509)	Victory Treaty of Malmö
1512–1520	Dano-Swedish War (1512–1520)		Sweden	Victory Danish Victory Danish conquer of Sweden
1521–1523	Swedish War of Liberation		Sweden Free City of Lübeck (from 1522)	Defeat Treaty of Malmö Regained Swedish independence Dissolution of Kalmar Union
1523–1524	Siege of Copenhagen (1523)	Christian II	Frederick I of Denmark	Frederickian Victory Diposition of Christian II
1524–1525	Revolts for the reinstalment of Christian II^[20]		Rebels supporting Christian II	Victory Failure to reinstal Christian II
1532	Christian II's Invasion of Norway		Christian II	Victory Invasion failed Christian II captured
1534–1536	Count's Feud (civil war)		Christian II Christopher of Oldenburg Free City of Lübeck Zealand	Reformation in Denmark–Norway and Holstein
1536–1537	Olav Engelbrektsson's Rebellion	Denmark Protestants	Catholics	Victory Creation of Denmark-Norway
1538–1550	Icelandic Reformation	Denmark–Norway Protestants	Catholics	Victory Jón Arason defeated and captured Collapse of Catholicism in Iceland
1540	Peasant's Rebellion in Telemark	Denmark–Norway	Norwegian peasants	Rebellion suppressed
1542	Dacke War	Kingdom of Sweden ^[21] Landsknechte Denmark-Norway	Peasants under Nils Dacke peasant militia	Victory Royal power strengthened No further civil wars or major uprisings
1542	Italian War of 1542–1546	Ottoman Empire Regency of Algiers Jülich-Cleves-Berg Denmark-Norway	Brandenburg Spain England	Status quo ante bellum Treaty of Speyer (1544)
1558–1583	Livonian War	Livonian Confederation Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Kingdom of Sweden Zaporozhian Cossacks Principality of Transylvania	Tsardom of Russia Qasim Khanate Kingdom of Livonia	Victory Sweden gains Estonia Livonia, Courland and Semigallia to Poland–Lithuania Denmark–Norway gains Ösel
1559	Campaign of 1559		Dithmarschen	Victory Conquest of Dithmarschen
1563–1570	Northern Seven Years' War	Free City of Lübeck Poland–Lithuania	Sweden	Status quo ante bellum Treaty of Stettin (1570)
1563–1568	Polish–Swedish War (1563–1568)	Denmark–Norway Lübeck	Sweden	Defeat
1571	Danish attack on Poland Naval battle near Hel		Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Victory
1575–1577	Danzig rebellion	City of Danzig ^[22]	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Peace Danzig withstanded the siege Danzig law confirmed Danzig had to pay 200,000 złotys
1611–1613	Kalmar War		Sweden	Victory Treaty of Knäred (1613)
1618–1620	Conquest of Koneswaram Temple^[23]		Portuguese Ceylon	Defeat Failure to monopolize Ceylon Danish India established
1619	Action of 19 February 1619		French pirates	Victory Danish Victory French ships conquered
1619	Roland Crappé's raids on Portuguese colonies	Supported by: Thanjavur Nayak kingdom	Portuguese CeylonPortuguese India	Defeat
1618–1648	Thirty Years' War	Protestant States and Allies Sweden Denmark–Norway (1625–1629) Electorate of the Palatinate Brunswick-Lüneburg Brandenburg-Prussia Transylvania Hungarian Anti-Habsburg Rebels Zaporozhian Cossacks	Roman Catholic States and Allies Catholic League Austria Bavaria Spain and its possessions Denmark–Norway (1643–1645)	Defeat Peace of Westphalia Habsburg supremacy curtailed Rise of the Bourbon dynasty Rise of the Swedish Empire Decentralization of the Holy Roman Empire Franco-Spanish War until 1659 Substantial decline in the power and influence of the Catholic Church
1624	Siege of Dansborg (1624)		Thanjavur Nayak	Victory Thanjavur recognizes Tranquebar as Danish
1627	Turkish Abductions			Defeat Abduction of 400-800 Icelanders
1642–1698	Dano-Mughal War^[24]	Denmark–Norway	Mughal Empire	Peace treaty Dannemarksnagore ceded to Denmark for 30,000 rupees to be paid over ten years
1643–1645	Torstenson War	Denmark–Norway	Sweden	Defeat Treaty of Brömsebro (1645)
1644	Conflict between Willem Leyel and Bernt Pessart		Leyel loyalist Dutch Coromandel English Madras Portuguese Carical Supported by: Thanjavur Nayak	Willem victory Willem Leyel becomes governor of Tranquebar
1644	Siege of Dansborg (1644)		Thanjavur Nayak kingdom	Inconclusive
1655–1669	Sieges of Tranquebar (1655–1669)		Thanjavur Nayak kingdom	Victory Villages of Poreiar, Tillali and Erikutanchery ceded to the Danes
1657–1660	Second Northern War	Habsburg monarchy Poland–Lithuania Russia (1656–58) Brandenburg-Prussia	Sweden Brandenburg-Prussia Transylvania Ukrainian Cossacks Wallachia Moldavia	Defeat Treaty of Roskilde (February 26, 1658)
1657–1658	Dano-Swedish War (1657–1658)	Poland–Lithuania		Defeat Decisive Swedish victory; Treaty of Roskilde/Treaty of Taastrup
1658–1660	Dano-Swedish War (1658–1660)	Denmark–Norway Brandenburg-Prussia Poland–Lithuania		Victory Treaty of Copenhagen (1660)
1660–1664	Dano-Dutch Colonial War in Guinea^[25]	Denmark–Norway Fetu tribe		Victory Anglo-Danish Conquest of Cape Coast
1665–1667	Second Anglo-Dutch War Battle of Vågen		Bishopric of Münster	Victory Treaty of Breda (1667)
1666	Second Swedish War on Bremen		Sweden	Draw
1675–1679	Scanian War	Brandenburg	Sweden	Status quo ante bellum Treaty of Fontainebleau (1679)
1678	Assault on Osu	Ga-Adangbe	Akwamu	Victory Assult reppeled
1686	Siege of Hamburg (1689)	Denmark–Norway supported by Kingdom of France	Hamburg Brunswick-Lüneburg Brandenburg-Prussia	Peace agreement Danish withdrawal Hamburg pays 300,000 thalers as compensation to Denmark

1700–1799

Year	War	Belligerents (excluding Denmark)		Outcome
		Allies	Enemies
1700–1720	Great Northern War	Tsardom of Russia Poland–Lithuania Cossack Hetmanate Hanover Denmark–Norway	Holstein-Gottorp Poland–Lithuania	Victory Treaty of Frederiksborg (1720)
1703–1711	Rákóczi's War of Independence	Austria Margraviate of Baden Serbs from Vojvodina Transylvanian Saxons Kingdom of Croatia Royalists	Kuruc forces (Kingdom of Hungary) Principality of Transylvania	Victory
1701–1714	War of the Spanish Succession^[26]	Spain loyal to Archduke Charles (before 1707) Kingdom of Portugal	Spain loyal to Philip V of Spain Electorate of Bavaria	Victory Treaty of Rastatt Treaty of Utrecht
1733–1734	1733 slave insurrection on St. John	Sankt Jan	Rebel slaves	Victory Rebellion suppressed
1739	Battle of Jakobshavn			Victory Dutch presence on Greenland collapses
1765	Strilekrigen		Norwegian peasants	Victory Rebellion suppressed
1756	Cattle War		Thanjavur Maratha kingdom	Defeat Punitive expedition unsuccessful
1770–1772	Danish–Algerian War	Denmark–Norway	Dey of Algiers	Defeat Punitive expedition unsuccessful. Denmark–Norway pays higher tribute than before
1771	Royal Life Guards' Mutiny		Royal Life Guard	execution of Struensee
1784	Sagbadre War	Ada-Danish Alliance Danish West India Company Little Popo Ada Accra Akuapem Akwapim Ga Krobo	Anlo Confederacy	Victory Return of territory previously acquired by Anlo from the Alliance Construction of Fort Prinzenstein
1786–1787	Lofthusreisingen		Norwegian peasants	Victory Rebellion suppressed
1788–1789	Theatre War			Inconclusive
1788–1790	Russo-Swedish War			Status quo ante bellum
1797	Action of 16 May 1797		(de jure) Eyalet of Tripolitania	Victory

1800–1945

Year	War	Belligerents (excluding Denmark)		Outcome
		Allies	Enemies
1800–1802	Lærdal Rebellion		Norwegian peasants	Victory Rebellion suppressed
1800–1813	Napoleonic Wars		Spain Portugal (until 1803)	Defeat Congress of Vienna (1815)
1801, 1807–1814	English Wars	Denmark–Norway French Empire Spain	United Kingdom Sweden	Defeat Treaty of Kiel Denmark joined the anti-Napoleonic alliance Frederick VI of Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden
1805–1810	Franco-Swedish War	French Empire Spain Until 1808 Holland Russian Empire (1808–09) Denmark–Norway (1808–09)	Sweden United Kingdom Prussia Russian Empire (–1807) Austrian Empire Saxony	Victory Treaty of Paris (1810) Sweden regains Swedish PomeraniaSweden integrates the Continental System
1807–1814	Gunboat War			Defeat
1807–1814	Peninsular War	Kingdom of Italy Confederation of the Rhine Kingdom of Holland (Evacuation of La Romana's division)	Spain Portugal	Stalemate for Denmark Coalition victory against Napoleon Franco-Danish victory and Anglo–Spanish evacuation of Denmark
1808–1809	Dano-Swedish War (1808–09)	Denmark–Norway France	Sweden	Stalemate Return to Status quo ante bellum
1809	Jørgen Jørgensen's Revolution		Iceland	Victory Imprisonment of Jørgen Jørgensen
1808–1981	Huéscar-Danish War	Denmark	Huéscar	Peace treaty
1812	French invasion of Russia	Poland Duchy of Warsaw Lithuania Italy Naples Rhine Confederation Saxony Bavaria Westphalia Württemberg Hesse Berg Baden Switzerland Spain^[27] French allies: Denmark-Norway		Defeat Start of the Sixth Coalition
1813–1814	War of the Sixth Coalition		Kingdom of Prussia Sweden Spanish Empire Kingdom of Portugal Saxony Baden United Netherlands	Defeat Treaty of Fontainebleau First Treaty of Paris
1813		Danish Jews	Antisemites	Victory Jews gets equal rights under the law
1815	War of the Seventh Coalition			Victory Congress of Vienna
1819–1820	Danish spillover	Danish Jews	Antisemites	Police crackdown Leaders of the Antisemites arrested
1825	Capture of the sloop Anne	Tri-national anti-piracy alliance	Roberto Cofresí's pirates	Victory Anne (El Mosquito) is disabled; pirates flee ashore
1826	Katamanso War	Denmark	Ashanti Empire	Victory
1848	1848 Saint Croix slave rebellion		Saint Croix slaves	Defeat emancipation of the Saint Croix slaves
1848–1850	First Schleswig War		Duchy of Holstein German Empire	Victory London Protocol
1864	Second War of Schleswig			Defeat Treaty of Vienna (1864)
1878	Fireburn	Supported by United Kingdom United States France	Queens of the FireburnLabor Rioters	Victory Rebellion ended deaths of 60 black laborers 879 acres were burned
1939–1940	Phoney War World War II	France Norway United Kingdom		Stalemate
1940	Operation Weserübung World War II	Norway Denmark United Kingdom France Poland		Defeat German forces occupy Denmark.
1940–1945	Occupation of Denmark World War II	United Kingdom	Hungary	Victory German forces withdrew at the end of World War II following their surrender to the Allies on 5 May 1945.
1940–1945	Danish resistance movement	Danish resistance groups Denmark (from 1943)	Occupation Government (until 1943) Germany	Victory Liberation of Denmark
1941–1942	Operation Barbarossa			Defeat
1945–1946	Soviet occupation of Bornholm	Denmark		Victory Soviet withdrawal

1946–present

Year	War	Belligerents (excluding Denmark)		Outcome
		Allies	Enemies
1950–1953	Korean War	United States	China	Ceasefire
1956	United Nations Emergency Force		Egypt United Kingdom France Israel	Peace The conflict resulted in a military victory for the Coalition, but a political victory for Egypt. Egypt maintained control of the canal.
1958	United Nations Observation Group in Lebanon (UNOGIL), as part of the 1958 Lebanon crisis		Lebanon	Concluded
1964–present	United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus	UNFICYP		Ongoing
1973-2022	Whiskey War		Canada	Stalemate Division of Hans Island
1988–1991	United Nations Iran–Iraq Military Observer Group, as part of the Iran–Iraq War		Iraq	Victory end of hostilities
1989–1990	United Nations Transition Assistance Group			Victory The Namibian transition to democracy succeeds
1990–1991	Gulf War	Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Belgium Canada Egypt France Italy Kuwait Morocco Netherlands Denmark Norway Oman Pakistan Qatar Saudi Arabia Senegal Spain Sweden United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States other allies	Iraq Republic of Kuwait	Victory
1991–2003	United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission		Iraq Kuwait	Victory Completed
1992–1997	Tajikistani Civil War	Popular Front of Tajikistan^[28] Communist Party of Tajikistan Socialist Party of Tajikistan Uzbekistan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan UNMOT: Austria Bangladesh Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Ghana Hungary Indonesia Jordan Nigeria Poland Switzerland Ukraine Uruguay Supported by: Belarus^[29] (weapons supplies)	United Tajik Opposition Islamic Renaissance Party Democratic Party Party of People's Unity Rastokhez Popular Movement Lali Badakhshan Gorno-Badakhshan^[30] Jamiat-e Islami (until 1996) Afghanistan (until 1996) Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (until 1996) Taliban factions Supported by: al-Qaeda^[31] Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (alleged, denied)^[32]	Military Stalemate
1992–1995	Bosnian War (Operation Bøllebank)	Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina		Victory Dayton Accords
1992–1993	United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC)	Cambodia	KPRAF Khmer Rouge	Monarchy restored
1993–1995	United Nations Operation in Somalia II		Somali National Alliance Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya	Defeat UNOSOM II failure^[33] ^[34] ^[35]
1994–1996	United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia			Victory Croatian victory
1996–2002	United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka			Victory Completed
1998	United Nations Civilian Police Support Group	UNPOL	Croatian Police	Victory Peace affirmed
1998–1999	Kosovo War	Albania		Victory Kumanovo Treaty
1998–1999	United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone		RUF AFRC (1997–2002) West Side Boys (1998–2000)	Changed to UNAMSIL The mission was terminated in October 1999
1999	United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET), as part of the East Timor Crisis		Indonesia	Victory Completed
1999–2005	United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone as part of the Sierra Leone Civil War	Sierra Leone SLA (before and after the AFRC)^[36] CDF (Kamajors, Tamaboros, Kapras, etc.)^[37] (2000–2002) ECOMOG Forces (1998–2000) Executive Outcomes (1995–1996)	RUF AFRC (1997–2002) West Side Boys (1998–2000)	Victory Commonwealth victory
1999–2010	United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)			Victory Peace maintained
1999–2002	United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor, as part of the East Timor Crisis	UNTAET	Indonesia	Victory Completed
2000–2008	United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea		Ethiopia Eritrea	abandonment The mission was formally abandoned in July 2008 Mission completed
2002–2021	War in Afghanistan	Afghanistan Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Finland Jordan Montenegro Sweden Ukraine Australia Malaysia Mongolia New Zealand Singapore Switzerland Tonga United Arab Emirates United Kingdom	Taliban al-Qaeda	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	Australia China Djibouti Ethiopia India Japan Kenya Malaysia New Zealand Seychelles Singapore Somalia Sweden Uganda Ukraine Denmark	al-Qaeda	Victory
2003–2011	Iraq War	Armenia Australia Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Dominican Republic El Salvador Honduras Iraq Japan Kazakhstan Peshmerga Mongolia New Zealand Nicaragua Philippines Poland Singapore Thailand Ukraine United Kingdom United States	Baath Party Loyalists Islamic State of Iraq al-Qaeda in Iraq Mahdi Army	Victory Danish withdrawal in 2008
2005–2011	United Nations Mission in Sudan		Sudan SPLA	Victory Legal status: Accomplished
2007–2010	United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT), as part of Darfur Conflict, Civil war in Chad (2005–2010)		Sudanese rebel groups	Inactive
2009–2016	Operation Ocean Shield	Somalia United States United Kingdom Denmark Netherlands Spain Greece Germany Belgium Canada Italy Portugal Turkey Norway Australia India New Zealand Japan Saudi Arabia Ukraine	Somali Pirates	Victory Number of Somali pirate attacks have been reduced dramatically
2011	2011 Libyan Civil War	Jordan National Transitional Council Qatar United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Sweden		Victory Overthrow of Gaddafi government UN, EU, AL and AU diplomatically recognise the National Transitional Council as the sole governing authority for Libya
2011–present	United Nations Mission in South Sudan		Sudan	Ongoing
2013–2023	United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali, as part of the Mali War	Mali (since 2021) France (2013–22)	Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) Al-Qaeda and allies	Defeat Dissolved
2014–present	Military intervention against ISIL	United States Canada (2014–17) Belgium (2014–17) Sweden Germany Italy Turkey (2014–17) Netherlands Jordan Morocco (2014–16) United Kingdom		Ongoing
2023–present	Operation Prosperity Guardian	United States^[38] United Kingdom Australia Bahrain Canada Denmark Greece Netherlands Norway Singapore Sri Lanka^[39] Supported by: Seychelles	Yemen (SPC) Houthi movement	Ongoing

See also

• Dano-Swedish war (disambiguation)
• List of Danish monarchs
• List of Danish regiments
• List of wars
• List of battles
• Military history of Denmark

Notes and References

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4. Lagerqvist, Lars O., Sveriges regenter från forntid till nutid, Norstedts förlag, Stockholm 1996. (andra upplagan) Lagerqvist, Lars O., Sveriges regenter från forntid till nutid, Norstedts förlag, Stockholm 1996. (andra upplagan) page 27-30
5. Erik Segersäll (1953) Sture Bolin. https://sok.riksarkivet.se/Sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=15407
6. Jones, Gwyn (2001). A History of the Vikings. Oxford University Press. p. 403. . Battle of Lyrskov Hede.
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