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War against Brandenburg 1674-1679 & Denmark 1675-1679 When King Carl X Gustav of Sweden died in February peace of Roskilde in 1658, Denmark has had plans to 1660, the crown prince Carl was merely 5 years old. So, regain their lost territory to Sweden. Now when Sweden between 1660 and 1672, (when the crown prince formally was at war, Denmark saw a chance and joined the Dutch became the Swedish regent), Sweden had a regency. alliance and in June 1676 invaded the ex Danish province During this period Swedish armed forces were badly Scania. King Carl XI acted immediately on the Danish neglected and in 1672 the financial situation was a mess. attacks of Sweden and through a series of battles the Sweden saw a solution to the problem when France Danes were stopped. During the fall of 1678 the Danes wanted a military alliance with Sweden in 1672. France gave up the attempt to recapture Scania and evacuated was to pay a lot of subsidies to Sweden if the Swedes their troops in Sweden. In November 1678 the last allied with France. The alliance was first of all directed Swedish stronghold in Germany falls. towards the Netherlands. Soon thereafter France at- tacked the Netherlands, which was allied with the Holy Peace Treaties are signed June 19, 1679 with Branden- Roman Empire and Brandenburg. So, without wanting burg, August 23, with Denmark and October 2, with the it, Sweden was now involved in a war in continental Netherlands. The territorial losses would have been Europe. Sweden tried to stay out of it. higher if Sweden hadn’t been “protected” by France in the negotiations. On the other hand, Sweden was an al- In the beginning, the war went well for France but when lied of France and forced into the war. Now Sweden only the war luck turned France demanded Sweden to enter had to do some minor territorial cedes in northern Ger- the war. In 1674 Sweden entered Brandenburg with many. However, France didn’t always bother about the approx. 12000 soldiers. The war in Germany went badly Swedish demands and forced agreements with the other for the Swedes and soon all of the Swedish provinces in nations independently what Sweden wanted. northern Germany were under attack. Ever since the War against Brandenburg 1674-1679 1675 By military courier, Field Marshal Horn Stade, Bremen-... ...Verden dated and signed September 20, 1675. Written in German. Addressee was the Sw. Lieutenant- Colonel Sidou near the fortress Carlsbourg, Bremen-Verden. Field Marshal and Governor Henrik Horn, the sender, wrote about that the enemy is sighted on the river Weser (western Bremen-Verden) and gave order to concentrate Sidou´s troops to Carlsbourg. The letter route Stockholm uu Swedish forces uu uu Enemy forces SWEDEN The Swedish province Bremen-Verden was uu from early Sept. 1675 surrounded by large uu enemy armies. The Swedes in the province were outnumbered (10:1) and surrendered uu uu Baltic Sea Aug. 3, 1676 in Stade. 1675 Stade Bremen- 1675 Verden BRANDENBURG Duration: Dec. 29, 1674 - Jun. 19, 1679 Main area: North “Germany” Enemy: Brandenburg