Battle of Køge Bay

Overview

The Battle of Køge Bay was a naval battle between Denmark-Norway and Sweden that took place in the bay off of Køge 1–2 July 1677 during the Scanian War. The battle was a major success for Admiral Niels Juel after his previous victory one month earlier at the Battle of Møn, and is regarded as the greatest victory in Danish naval history.

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Significance

The Battle of Køge Bay, fought on 1 January 1677 during the Scanian War, saw a Danish–Norwegian force of 6,700 under Niels Juel engage a Swedish imperial fleet of 9,200 under Henrik Horn. Swedish casualties of 3,000 against no recorded Danish–Norwegian losses indicate a substantial Danish–Norwegian success. Within the Scanian War, a conflict in which Denmark–Norway sought to recover territories lost to Sweden in earlier seventeenth-century wars, such an engagement at sea would have carried direct consequence for control of the Baltic approaches and the balance of naval power between the two kingdoms.

Forces & casualties

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