Battle of Karstula

Significance

The Battle of Karstula on August 21, 1808 resulted in a Swedish defeat when Otto von Fieandt's force of 1,500–1,600 men was overcome by Yegor Vlastov's Russian force of approximately 3,200. The Swedes sustained 313 casualties including losses during the subsequent retreat, while Russian casualties numbered 245. The engagement illustrates the broader pattern of the Finnish War in which Swedish and Finnish forces repeatedly faced numerically superior Russian formations, contributing to the erosion of Swedish defensive capacity in the region.

Forces & casualties

Commanders (2)