List of wars involving Denmark

This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of Denmark.

700–1300
Year War Belligerents (excluding Denmark) Outcome
Allies Enemies
793–1066 Viking invasions of England Denmark
 Norway		 Kingdom of England Victory (first phase)
Defeat (second phase)
1048-1064 Invasion of Denmark Denmark Norway Stalemate
  • Peace agreement, mutual recognition and Norwegian withdrawal.
1131-1157 Danish Civil War (Civil war)[1]  Valdemar I of Denmark  Sweyn III of Denmark
 Canute V of Denmark		 Victory
  • Valdemar I is made king of all of Denmark
1144-1147 Wendish Crusade Denmark
Kingdom of Poland
Kingdom of Germany		 Polabian Slavs
West Slavs		 Victory
1203-1290 Livonian Crusade Sword-Brothers
Livonian Order
Denmark
Sweden		 Indigenous peoples Victory
1227 Danish–German war Denmark County of Holstein
  Hanseatic League		 Defeat
1274-1275 The war against Valdemar Birgersson Denmark
Magnus III of Sweden		 Sweden Victory
1276-1278 6000-mark war Denmark Sweden Victory
1289-1295 War of the Outlaws Denmark  Norway
Danish outlaws		 Defeat

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
1343–1345 St. George's Night Uprising Teutonic Order

Denmark

 Revala
Harria
Rotalia
Vironia
Oeselia		 Victory
1392-1398 War with the Victual Brothers  Kalmar Union Victual Brothers Victory
  • Formation of the Kalmar Union.
1426-1435 Dano-Hanseatic War  Kalmar Union House of Schaumburg
Hanseatic League		 Defeat
  • Treaty of Vordingborg
1497 Battle of Rotebro  Denmark  Sweden Victory

1500–1699
Year War Belligerents (excluding Denmark) Outcome
Allies Enemies
1501–1503 War of Deposition against King Hans  Kalmar Union Sweden Defeat Hans, King of Denmark deposed as King of Sweden.
1501–1512 Dano-Swedish War (1501–1512)  Kalmar Union Sweden
Free City of Lübeck (from 1509)		 Victory Treaty of Malmö: Lübeck and the Hanseatic League stop support for Sweden and agree to pay contribution, Sweden agrees further negotiations about a compromise to preserve the union
1521–1523 Swedish War of Liberation  Kalmar Union Sweden
Free City of Lübeck (from 1522)		 Defeat Treaty of Malmö: Regained Swedish independence, dissolution of Kalmar Union, Sweden renounced its claims to Scania and Blekinge.
1534–1536 Count's Feud (civil war)  Christian III
Duchy of Schleswig
 Holstein
 Sweden
 Duchy of Prussia
Jutland		  Christian II
Christopher of Oldenburg
Free City of Lübeck
 Skåne
 Malmø
 Copenhagen
Zealand		 Reformation in Denmark–Norway and Holstein
1538-1550 Icelandic Reformation Denmark
Protestants		 Catholics Victory
1558–1583 Livonian War Livonian Confederation
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Denmark–Norway

Kingdom of Sweden
Zaporozhian Cossacks
Principality of Transylvania

 Tsardom of Russia
Qasim Khanate
Kingdom of Livonia		 Victory
1563–1570 Northern Seven Years' War Free City of Lübeck

Poland–Lithuania

  Sweden Status quo ante bellum Treaty of Stettin (1570)
1571 Danish attack on Poland Kingdom of Denmark Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Victory
1611–1613 Kalmar War Denmark–Norway  Sweden Victory Treaty of Knäred (1613)
1618–1648 Thirty Years' War Protestant States and Allies

 Sweden
 Kingdom of France
 Bohemia
Denmark–Norway (1625-1629)
 Saxony
 United Provinces
Electorate of the Palatinate
Brunswick-Lüneburg
 England
 Scotland
Brandenburg-Prussia
Transylvania
Hungarian Anti-Habsburg Rebels
Zaporozhian Cossacks
 Ottoman Empire

 Roman Catholic States and Allies

 Holy Roman Empire

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
1643–1645 Torstenson War Denmark–Norway
 Holy Roman Empire		  Sweden
 Dutch Republic		 Defeat Treaty of Brömsebro (1645)
1657–1660 Second Northern War Habsburg Monarchy
Poland–Lithuania
Russia (1656–58)
Brandenburg-Prussia
 Dutch Republic		  Sweden
Brandenburg-Prussia
Transylvania
Ukrainian Cossacks
Wallachia
Moldavia		 Defeat Treaty of Roskilde (February 26, 1658)
1665-1667 Second Anglo-Dutch War  Dutch Republic
Denmark–Norway
 Kingdom of France		  Kingdom of England
Bishopric of Münster		 Victory Treaty of Breda (1667)
1666 Second Swedish War on Bremen Bremen
Electorate of Cologne
Brunswick-Lüneburg
Denmark–Norway
Electorate of Brandenburg
Dutch Republic		  Sweden Treaty of Habenhausen
1672–1674 Third Anglo-Dutch War  Dutch Republic
Denmark–Norway		  Kingdom of England
Bishopric of Münster
 Kingdom of France		 Victory Treaty of Westminster (1674)
1675–1678 Franco-Dutch War[2]  Dutch Republic
 Holy Roman Empire
 Spain
Denmark–Norway		  Kingdom of France
 Kingdom of England
 Sweden		 Treaty of Westminster
Treaties of Nijmegen
1675–1679 Scanian War  United Provinces
 Holy Roman Empire
Brandenburg		  Sweden
 Kingdom of France		 Status quo ante bellum Treaty of Fontainebleau (1679)

1700–1799
Year War Belligerents (excluding Denmark) Outcome
Allies Enemies
1700–1720 Great Northern War Tsardom of Russia
 Electorate of Saxony
Poland–Lithuania
Cossack Hetmanate
 Prussia
Hanover
 Great Britain
Denmark–Norway		  Sweden
Holstein-Gottorp
Poland–Lithuania
 Ottoman Empire
Cossack Hetmanate (1708–9)
 Great Britain		 Victory Treaty of Frederiksborg (1720)
1703-1711 Rákóczi's War of Independence  Holy Roman Empire:

 Denmark–Norway

 Kurucs (Kingdom of Hungary)
Principality of Transylvania
 Kingdom of France		 Victory
1701–1714 War of the Spanish Succession[3] Spain loyal to Archduke Charles
 Habsburg Monarchy
 Great Britain (before 1707)
 Dutch Republic
 Duchy of Savoy
 Kingdom of Prussia
Kingdom of Portugal		 Spain loyal to Philip V of Spain
 Kingdom of France
Electorate of Bavaria		 Victory Treaty of Rastatt and Treaty of Utrecht
1770-1772 Danish–Algerian War Denmark–Norway Dey of Algiers Defeat
1788–1789 Theatre War  Denmark  Sweden Inconclusive
1788–1790 Russo-Swedish War  Russian Empire  Sweden Status quo ante bellum
1797 Action of 16 May 1797  Denmark  Ottoman Empire (de jure) Victory
1798–1802 War of the Second Coalition  France
 Spain
Polish Legions
Denmark–Norway
French client republics: 		 Holy Roman Empire

 Great Britain (until 1801)
 United Kingdom (from 1801)
 Russia (until 1799)
 Portugal
 Kingdom of Naples
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Order of Saint John (1798)
Malta (1798–1800)
 Ottoman Empire
French Royalists

 Victory Treaty of Lunéville and Treaty of Amiens

1800–1945
Year War Belligerents (excluding Denmark) Outcome
Allies Enemies
1800–1813 Napoleonic Wars  France
 Ottoman Empire		  United Kingdom
 Sweden
 Russia
 Austrian Empire
 Prussia
 Spain
Portugal
 Ottoman Empire (until 1803)
 United Netherlands		 Defeat Congress of Vienna (1815)
1801, 1807-1814 English Wars Denmark-Norway

French Empire
Spain

 United Kingdom

Sweden

 Defeat
1807–1814 Gunboat War  Denmark-Norway  United Kingdom Defeat
1808–1809 Finnish War Russian Empire
 Denmark-Norway
 France
Spain		  Sweden
 United Kingdom
Portugal		 Victory Treaty of Fredrikshamn
1808–1809 Dano-Swedish War (1808-09) Denmark-Norway
 France		  Sweden
 United Kingdom		 Stalemate
1813-1814 War of the Sixth Coalition  First French Empire

 Napoleonic Italy
 Kingdom of Naples
Duchy of Warsaw
Denmark–Norway
Confederation of the Rhine

  Russian Empire
Kingdom of Prussia
 Austrian Empire
 United Kingdom
Sweden
Spanish Empire
Kingdom of Portugal
 Two Sicilies
 Kingdom of Sardinia
Saxony
 Bavaria
 Württemberg
Baden
United Netherlands		 Defeat
Treaty of Fontainebleau
First Treaty of Paris
1815 War of the Seventh Coalition  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
 Kingdom of Prussia
 Austrian Empire
 Russian Empire
 Kingdom of Hanover
 Duchy of Brunswick
 Sweden
 Kingdom of Spain
 Kingdom of Portugal
 Kingdom of Sardinia
 Kingdom of Sicily
  Switzerland
 Liechtenstein
 Denmark
 Bourbon Restoration
 United Kingdom of the Netherlands		  First French Empire
 Kingdom of Naples		 Victory

Congress of Vienna

1848–1850 First Schleswig War  Denmark  Kingdom of Prussia
Duchy of Holstein
German Empire		 Victory London Protocol
1864 Second War of Schleswig  Denmark  German Confederation: Defeat

Treaty of Vienna (1864)

1918–1920 Estonian War of Independence[4]  Estonia
 United Kingdom
 Finland
 Denmark
 Latvia
Swedish volunteers
White Movement		  Russian SFSR
Commune of the Working People of Estonia		 Victory
1939–1940 Winter War[5]
World War II		  Finland  Soviet Union
1939–1940 Phoney War
World War II		  France
 Norway
 United Kingdom		  Nazi Germany
 Kingdom of Italy
1940 Operation Weserübung
World War II		  Norway
 Denmark
 United Kingdom
 France
 Poland		  Nazi Germany Defeat German forces occupy Denmark.
1940–1945 Occupation of Denmark
World War II		  United Kingdom
 Soviet Union		  Hungary
 Nazi Germany		 Victory German forces withdrew at the end of World War II following their surrender to the Allies on 5 May 1945.

1946–present
Year War Belligerents (excluding Denmark) Outcome
Allies Enemies
1950–1953 Korean War  South Korea
 United States		  North Korea
 China		 Ceasefire
1972-1973 Second Cod War  United Kingdom
 West Germany
 Belgium
 Denmark		  Iceland Defeat
1990–1991 Gulf War  Argentina
 Australia
 Bahrain
 Bangladesh
 Belgium
 Canada
 Czechoslovakia
 Egypt
 France
 Greece
 Hungary
 Italy
 Kuwait
 Morocco
 Netherlands
 Denmark
 New Zealand
 Niger
 Norway
 Oman
 Pakistan
 Poland
 Qatar
 Saudi Arabia
 Senegal
 Spain
 South Korea
 Sweden
 Syria
 United Arab Emirates
 United Kingdom
 United States		 Iraq
Republic of Kuwait		 Victory
1992–1995 Bosnian War
(Operation Bøllebank)		  Croatia
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 NATO		  FR Yugoslavia Victory, Dayton Accords
1998–1999 Kosovo War  Albania
 Kosovo
 NATO		  FR Yugoslavia Victory, Kumanovo Treaty
2002–2014 War in Afghanistan  Afghanistan
 Armenia
 Austria
 Azerbaijan
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Finland
 Georgia
 Jordan
 Macedonia
 Montenegro
 NATO
 Sweden
 Ukraine
 Australia
 Malaysia
 Mongolia
 New Zealand
 Singapore
 South Korea
  Switzerland
 Tonga
 United Arab Emirates
 United Kingdom		 Taliban
al-Qaeda		 Victory, Defeat of Taliban forces
2002–ongoing Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa
Part of the War on Terrorism		  Australia
 China
 Djibouti
 Ethiopia
 India
 Japan
 Kenya
 Malaysia
 NATO
 New Zealand
 Russia
 Seychelles
 Singapore
 Somalia
 South Korea
 Sweden
 Uganda
 Ukraine
 Denmark		 al-Qaeda Conflict ongoing
2003–2011 Iraq War  Armenia
 Australia
 Azerbaijan
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Dominican Republic
 El Salvador
 Georgia
 Honduras
 Iraq
 Japan
 Kazakhstan
Peshmerga
 Macedonia
 Moldova
 Mongolia
 NATO
 New Zealand
 Nicaragua
 Philippines
 Poland
 Singapore
 South Korea
 Thailand
 Ukraine
 United Kingdom
 United States		 Baath Party Loyalists

Islamic State of Iraq
al-Qaeda in Iraq
Mahdi Army

 Victory, Danish withdrawal in 2008
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
 South Korea		 Somali Pirates Victory

Number of Somali pirate attacks have been reduced dramatically

2011 2011 Libyan Civil War  Jordan
National Transitional Council
 NATO
 Qatar
 United Arab Emirates
 United Kingdom
 United States
 Sweden		  Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Victory, Overthrow of Gaddafi government
UN, EU, AL and AU diplomatically recognise the National Transitional Council as the sole governing authority for Libya
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		  ISIL Ongoing


References and notes
  1. Bøgh, Anders (26 May 2015). "The Civil War periode 1131-1157". danmarkshistorien.dk/ (in Danish). Aarhus Universitet. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  2. "1675 AD". Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  3. "The War of Spanish Succession 1701–1714". World History at KMLA. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  4. "Iseseisvuse aeg 1918–40". Eesti. Üld. 11. Eesti entsüklopeedia. 2002. pp. 296–311.
  5. See Foreign support in the Winter War

See also
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