Battle of Vaasa

Overview

The Battle of Vaasa was fought between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Russian Empire during the Finnish War (1808-1809).

Overview adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Significance

The Battle of Vaasa was an engagement between Swedish forces under Johan Bergenstråhle and Russian forces under Nikolay Demidov during the Finnish War of 1808–1809. The Swedish force of approximately 1,100 faced a Russian contingent of roughly 1,488. Russian casualties ranged from 113 to 567, a wide variance that reflects uncertainty in the historical record. Beyond this engagement, the supplied sources do not record the outcome or its effect on the broader campaign for Finland.

Forces & casualties

Commanders (2)