List of wars involving Denmark

This is a list of wars fought by Denmark.

1 1500–1699
2 1700–1799
3 1800–1945
4 1946–
5 References and notes
6 See also

1500–1699

Year	War	Belligerents (excluding Denmark)		Outcome
Year	War	Allies	Enemies	Outcome
1521–1523	Swedish War of Liberation	Kalmar Union	Sweden Free City of Lübeck (from 1522)	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)			Reformation in Denmark–Norway and Holstein
1563–1570	Northern Seven Years' War	Free City of Lübeck Poland–Lithuania	Sweden	Treaty of Stettin (1570)
1611–1613	Kalmar War	—	Sweden	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 Electoral Palatinate Brunswick-Lüneburg England Scotland Brandenburg-Prussia Transylvania Hungarian Anti-Habsburg Rebels Zaporozhian Cossacks Ottoman Empire	Roman Catholic States and Allies Holy Roman Empire Catholic League Habsburg Monarchy Austria Bavaria Spain and its possessions Denmark-Norway (1643-1645)	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	Holy Roman Empire	Sweden Dutch Republic	Swedish victory 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	Treaty of Roskilde (February 26, 1658)
1675–1678	Franco-Dutch War^[1]	Dutch Republic Holy Roman Empire Spain	Kingdom of France Kingdom of England Sweden
1675–1679	Scanian War	United Provinces Holy Roman Empire Brandenburg	Sweden Kingdom of France	Treaty of Fontainebleau (1679)

1700–1799

Year	War	Belligerents (excluding Denmark)		Outcome
Year	War	Allies	Enemies	Outcome
1700–1720	Great Northern War	Tsardom of Russia Electorate of Saxony Poland–Lithuania Cossack Hetmanate Prussia Hanover Great Britain	Sweden Holstein-Gottorp Poland–Lithuania Ottoman Empire Cossack Hetmanate (1708–9) Great Britain	Treaty of Frederiksborg (1720)
1701–1714	War of the Spanish Succession^[2]	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	Treaty of Rastatt and Treaty of Utrecht
1788–1789	Theater War	—	Sweden
1788–1790	Russo-Swedish War	Russian Empire	Sweden	Status quo ante bellum

1800–1945

Year	War	Belligerents (excluding Denmark)		Outcome
Year	War	Allies	Enemies	Outcome
1800–1813	Napoleonic Wars	France Ottoman Empire	United Kingdom Sweden Russia Austrian Empire Prussia Spain Portugal Ottoman Empire (until 1803) United Netherlands	Congress of Vienna (1815)
1807–1814	Gunboat War	—	United Kingdom	British victory
1848–1850	First Schleswig War	—	Kingdom of Prussia Duchy of Holstein German Empire	London Protocol
1856	Conflict between Denmark and the Dominican Republic^[3]^[4]^[5]	—	Dominican Republic
1864	Second War of Schleswig	—	German Confederation: Austrian Empire Kingdom of Prussia	Treaty of Vienna (1814)
1902–1903	Venezuela Crisis of 1902–1903^[6]	United Kingdom German Empire Kingdom of Italy	Venezuela	European fleet withdraws
1920	Turkish–Armenian War	Armenia Turkey	Denmark acted as a mediator in the war between the Democratic Republic of Armenia and Turkey.^[7]^[8]^[9]	Treaty of Alexandropol
1918–1920	Estonian War of Independence^[10]	Estonia	Soviet Union	Estonian victory
1939–1940	Winter War^[11] _{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 United Kingdom France Poland	Nazi Germany	German forces withdrew at the end of World War II following their surrender to the Allies on 5 May 1945.
1940–1945	Occupation of Denmark _{World War II}	United Kingdom Soviet Union	Hungary Nazi Germany	German forces withdrew at the end of World War II following their surrender to the Allies on 5 May 1945.

1946–

Year	War	Belligerents (excluding Denmark)		Outcome
Year	War	Allies	Enemies	Outcome
1950–1953	Korean War	South Korea United States	North Korea China	—
1990–1991	Gulf War	Argentina Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Belgium Canada Czechoslovakia Egypt France Greece Hungary Italy Kuwait Morocco Netherlands 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	—
1992–1995	Bosnian War (Operation Bøllebank)	Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina NATO	FR Yugoslavia	Dayton Accords
1998–1999	Kosovo War	Albania Kosovo NATO	FR Yugoslavia	Kumanovo Treaty
2002–ongoing	War in Afghanistan	Afghanistan Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Finland Georgia Ireland Jordan Macedonia Montenegro NATO Sweden Ukraine Australia Malaysia Mongolia New Zealand Singapore South Korea Switzerland Tonga United Arab Emirates	Taliban al-Qaeda	Conflict ongoing
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	al-Qaeda	Conflict ongoing
2003–2008	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 Singapore South Korea Thailand Ukraine	Baath Party Loyalists Islamic State of Iraq al-Qaeda in Iraq Mahdi Army	Danish withdrawal
2011	2011 Libyan civil war	Jordan National Transitional Council NATO Qatar United Arab Emirates Sweden	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	Ongoing

References and notes

^ "1675 AD". http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/1675+AD. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
^ "The War of Spanish Succession 1701-1714". World History at KMLA. http://www.zum.de/whkmla/military/18cen/spansucc.html. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
^ New York Times (7 April 1859) (PDF). From the Island of Santo Domingo. New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F20F15F735551B7493C5A9178FD85F4D8584F9. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
^ New York Times (7 April 1859) (PDF). News of the day. New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F30C15F735551B7493C5A9178FD85F4D8584F9. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
^ The National Era (14 April 1859). Hostilities between Denmark and Dominica. The National Era. p. 3. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a9EmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9wIGAAAAIBAJ&pg=6207,574215&dq=&hl=en. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
^ "In Regard to Venezuela". The Meriden Daily Journal. 31 January 1903. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nb5IAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uwENAAAAIBAJ&pg=1404,1577568&dq=&hl=en. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
^ Denmark may be chosen as mediator in Armenia. 28. The Providence Journal. 29 November 1920. pp. 26. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5bViAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YHgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3238,2327708&dq=&hl=en. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
^ Ralph Courtney (29 November 1920). "Denmark ready to undertake Armenia duty". The Baltimore News. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1655688292.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+29%2C+1920&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=DENMARK+READY+TO+UNDERTAKE+ARMENIA+DUTY&pqatl=google. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
^ "Denmark may accept mandate from Armenia". Los Angeles Times: pp. 2. 29 November 1920. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/333649732.html?dids=333649732:333649732&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+29%2C+1920&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=DENMARK+MAY+ACCEPT+MANDATE+OF+ARMENIA.&pqatl=google. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
^ "Iseseisvuse aeg 1918–40". Eesti. Üld.. 11. Eesti entsüklopeedia. 2002. pp. 296–311.
^ See Foreign support in the Winter War

List of wars involving Denmark

Contents

1500–1699

1700–1799

1800–1945

1946–

References and notes

See also