What is Finnish War?
{{Infobox military conflict |conflict=Finnish War |partof= [[Russo-Swedish Wars|Russo–Swedish War]]s and [[Napoleonic Wars]] |image= Fi krig map1.jpg |caption= Map of notable locations in Finland during the war |date=21 February 1808 – 17 September 1809<br>({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=02|day1=21|year1=1808|month2=09|day2=17|year2=1809}}) |place=[[Finland]], [[Sweden]] |casus= |territory=Separation of Finland from Sweden and Finland becoming an autonomous part of Russia |result=Russian victory, [[Treaty of Fredrikshamn]] |combatant1={{flagicon|Russia}} [[Russian Empire]]<br/> <br/>''Supported by''<br/>{{flagicon|France}} [[First French Empire|France]]<br/>{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Spanish Empire|Spain]] |combatant2={{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Kingdom of Sweden (1721–1809)|Sweden]]<br/> <br/>''Supported by''<br/>{{flagicon|UK}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]<br/>{{flagicon image|Flag Portugal (1750).svg}} [[Portuguese Empire|Portugal]] <ref>See [[Anglo-Russian War#Lisbon Incident]].</ref> |commander1=[[Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoeveden|Fyodor Buxhoeveden]]<br>[[Bogdan von Knorring]]<br>[[Pyotr Bagration]]<br>[[Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly|Barclay de Tolly]]<br>[[Nikolay Ivanovich Demidov]] |commander2=[[Wilhelm Mauritz Klingspor]]<br>[[Carl Johan Adlercreutz]]<br>[[Georg Carl von Döbeln]] | strength1 = August 1808: 95,000+ soldiers | strength2 = August 1808: 36,000+ soldiers |notes= }} {{Campaignbox Napoleonic Wars}} The '''Finnish War''' ({{lang-sv|Finska kriget}}, {{lang-fi|Suomen sota}}, {{lang-ru|Русско-шведская война 1808—1809}}) was a [[war]] fought in [[1808]]-[[1809]] between [[Russian Empire|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]]. == References == {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline|Finnish War}} {{hist-stub}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Finnish War}} [[Category:1808]] [[Category:1809]] [[Category:History of Fi