Invasion of Hvaler

Invasion of Hvaler
Part of the Swedish-Norwegian War of 1814
Date29 July 1814
LocationHvaler, Norway
Result

Tactical Norwegian victory

  • Norwegian fleet escaped
  • Norwegian army evacuated

Strategic Swedish victory

  • Islands of Hvaler occupied
Belligerents
Norway Norway  Sweden
Strength
7 brigs
150 gunboats		 5,000 men
5 ship of the line
70 gunboats
Casualties and losses
Unknown 3 dead

The invasion of Hvaler (Invasionen av Hvaleröarna) was a Swedish military invasion during the Swedish-Norwegian War of 1814. [1]

The invasion was directed at the Norwegian archipelago of Hvaler in the southwestern part of Østfold, Norway. The invasion went off rather peacefully. The hostilities opened on 26 July with a swift Swedish naval attack against the Norwegian gunboats at Hvaler. Bad weather had delayed the Swedish fleet and troop transports, which gave the Norwegian fleet and army time to evacuate the island. The Norwegian vessels managed to escape northward to Tønsberg on the western side of the Oslofjord despite all Swedish attempts to halt the retreat. The vessels in the Swedish archipelago fleet were heavier than their Norwegian counterparts and not could catch up with the retiring Norwegian naval fleet. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Morten Nordhagen Ottosen. "Krigen i 1814". Norgeshistorie.no. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Sveriges sista krig – fälttåget mot Norge". popularhistoria.se. Retrieved September 1, 2018.

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