Gunboat War
1807 – 1814 · North Sea
Result Anglo-Swedish victory
Denmark–Norway fought Britain after the British bombarded Copenhagen and took the Danish fleet. The Danes used small gunboats against British ships, and the war ended with the Treaty of Kiel.
UKGBI
Denmark–Norway
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
James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier
military commander
Strength and losses
Battles 4
- Battle of Copenhagen (1807) August 16 – September 5, 1807 · British victory
- Battle of Zealand Point March 22, 1808 · British victory
- Battle of Alvøen May 16, 1808
- Battle of Lyngør July 6, 1812 · British victory
Before and after
- Ended by
- Treaty of Kiel January 14, 1814
