Battle of Strömstad

Battle of Strömstad
	Part of Great Northern War
	; Strömstad in the beginning of the 18th century
Date	July 8, 1717 (O.S.); July 9, 1717 (Swedish calendar); July 19, 1717 (N.S.)
Location	Strömstad, Sweden
Result	Swedish victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire	Denmark–Norway
Commanders and leaders
Johan Giertta	Peder Tordenskjold
Strength
1,800 men	around 4,000 men; 3 ships of the line; 2 prams; 9 galleys; 20 landing craft
Casualties and losses
19 killed; 173 wounded	96 killed; 246 wounded

The Battle of Strömstad took place on July 19, 1717 at Strömstad during the Great Northern War. The Swedish army of about 1,800 men under the command of Johan Giertta defeated the Danish fleet of several larger vessels and perhaps 4,000 men under Peder Tordenskjold. Peter tried to destroy the stocks of supplies Sweden had gathered for the upcoming invasion of Norway. In the battle about 200 Swedes were either dead or wounded and about 350 Norwegians.

References

Knut Lundblad, Georg Friedrich Jenssen-Tusch: Geschichte Karl des Zwölften, Königs von Schweden, Band 2, Hamburg (1835). pp. 542–547.

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