This is a list of wars between Russia, Sweden and their predecessor states.
Swedish victory
Russian victory
Another result
| War | Notes | Treaty | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attack on Tavastia (1227–1228)[1] | Indecisive | ||
| Tavastian uprising (1236–1237) | Novgorod aids Tavastian insurgents in their fight against Sweden. | Swedish victory | |
| Battle of the Neva (~1240) | It is unknown if Sweden conducted a full-scale invasion of Novgorod or if it was a minor raid. | Novgorodian victory | |
| Second Swedish Crusade (~1249–1250) | Novgorod attempts to stop Swedish eastward expansion into Finland. | Swedish victory | |
| Campaign against Narva (1256–1257)[1] | Indecisive | ||
| Ladoga Campaign (1283–1284)[1] | Indecisive | ||
| Third Swedish Crusade (1293–1295) | Novgorod attempts to stop Swedish eastward expansion into Finland. | Swedish victory | |
| Neva Campaign (1300–1301) | Torkel Knutsson attempts to Invade Novgorod | Novgorodian victory | |
| Tavastian war (1311–1314)[1] | Indecisive | ||
| Attack on Åbo (1318)[1] | Novgorodian victory | ||
| Kexholm war (1321–1323) | Treaty of Nöteborg | Agreement reached | |
| Sten Bielkes war against Novgorod (1338–1339)[1] | Second peace with Russia | Indecisive | |
| Magnus Eriksson's first crusade to Novgorod (1348–1349) | The war started when Magnus Eriksson threatened Novgorod with war if they did not convert to Catholicism. | Indecisive | |
| Magnus Eriksson's second crusade to Novgorod (1350–1351) | Magnus Eriksson interpreted the Black Death as God's punishment against the Swedes for not succeding in converting the Novgorodians to Catholicism, so he decided to conduct a second crusade in 1350. | Indecisive | |
| Attack on Jama (1395) | Indecisive | ||
| Northern Ladoga Campaign (1396)[2] | Indecisive | ||
| Novgorod's attack in the north (1399)[3] | Indecisive | ||
| Karl Knutssons campaign against Novgorod (1444)[4] | Indecisive | ||
| Novgorods war against Karl Knutsson (1448)[5] | Indecisive |
| War | Notes | Treaty | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russo-Swedish War (1475–1476) | Caused by the construction of Olofsborg. | Truce in December 1475 or early 1476 | Indecisive |
| Russo-Swedish War (1479–1482) | Caused by the continued construction of Olofsborg | Truce in Novgorod 1482 | Indecisive, Russian strategic failure[a] |
| Russo-Swedish War (1495–1497) | Result of an alliance between Ivan III of Russia and John of Denmark. | Peace of Novgorod 1497 | Indecisive |
| Border conflict at Nyslott (1499) | Russian attempts to move the border so that Nyslott was placed inside Russian territory | Truce in 1504 | Swedish victory |
| Russo-Swedish War (1554–1557) | Prelude to the Livonian War. | Treaty of Novgorod (1557) | Indecisive, favourable outcome for Russia |
| Livonian War (1558–1582) | Fought for control of Old Livonia in the territory of present-day Estonia and Latvia. | Treaty of Plussa | Swedish victory |
| Russo-Swedish War (1590–1595) | Instigated by Boris Godunov in the hope of gaining the territory of the Ingria. | Treaty of Teusina | Swedish victory |
| Ingrian War (1610–1617) | Including an attempt to put a Swedish duke on the Russian throne. | Treaty of Stolbovo | Swedish victory |
| Samogitian Uprising (1656)[6] | An uprising against Sweden due to the signing of the Union of Kedainai, Russia gave their support to the insurgents. | No treaty signed | Uprising crushed |
| Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658) | Part of the Second Northern War. | Treaty of Cardis | Swedish victory |
| Great Northern War (1700–1721) | Conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Baltic Sea. | Treaty of Nystad | Russian coalition victory |
| Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743) | Also known as the Hats' Russian War. | Treaty of Åbo | Russian victory |
| Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) | Also known as Gustav III's Russian War in Sweden, and Catherine II's Swedish War in Russia. | Treaty of Värälä | Indecisive, favourable outcome for Sweden |
| Finnish War (1808–1809) | Resulted in the eastern third of Sweden being established as the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland within the Russian Empire. | Treaty of Fredrikshamn | Russian victory |