✦ History

English Wars (Scandinavia)

1801 – 1814

Denmark–Norway fought Britain and Sweden after the British attack on Copenhagen in 1807. The war ended with the Treaty of Kiel, in which Denmark gave Norway to Sweden.

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Battles 3

1807 – 1814
Gunboat War North Sea George III, Spencer Perceval, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
August 29, 1807
Battle of Køge Køge Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
March 22, 1808
Battle of Zealand Point Sjællands Odde

Key commanders

Coalition 7

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland belligerent leader Spencer Perceval belligerent leader Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington belligerent leader Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool belligerent leader Horatio Nelson belligerent leader Gustav IV Adolf belligerent leader Charles XIII belligerent leader

Denmark–Norway 2

Frederick VI of Denmark belligerent leader Alexander I of Russia belligerent leader

UKGBI 6

George III belligerent leader Spencer Perceval belligerent leader Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington belligerent leader Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool belligerent leader Charles XIV John belligerent leader Charles XIII belligerent leader

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington military commander