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

Great Northern War Campaigns Denmark Russia and the Baltic provinces Poland-Lithuania/Saxony Ottoman Empire Sweden and Northern Germany Norway Finland Battles Holstein 1st Tönning 2nd Tönning Denmark Humlebæk Baltic campaigns 1st Riga Varja 1st Narva Petschora Rauge Erastfer Hummelshof Nöteborg Systerbäck Wesenberg Jakobstadt 2nd Narva Gemauerthof Neva Koporye Kolkanpää 2nd Riga Polish campaign Düna Darsūniškis Vilnius Kliszów Saladen Pultusk Thorn Posen Punitz Warsaw Praga 1st Grodno Fraustadt Olkieniki Kletsk Kalisz Russian campaign 2nd Grodno Holowczyn Malatitze Rajovka Lesnaya Desna Koniecpol Veprik Oposhnya Krasnokutsk–Gorodnoye Sokolki Poltava Perevolochna Scania Helsingborg Moldavia Pruth Campaign Bender Finland 2nd Vyborg Finland Pälkäne Storkyro Pomerania Wismar Gadebusch Stresow Stralsund Norway Strömstad Fredriksten Carolean Death March Stockholm Stäket Naval battles Køge Bay Fladstrand Hogland Gangut Fehmarn Rügen Dynekilen Göteborg Ösel Grengam Treaties

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 Danes.

References

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