Helsinki village landing

Overview

The Helsinki village landing, or the Combat of Helsinge, was fought during the Finnish War between Sweden and the Russian Empire on 26–28 September [O.S. 14–16 September] 1808, a part of the battles of the Turku archipelago.

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

Significance

The Helsinki village landing, also recorded as the Combat of Helsinge, was fought as part of the broader battles of the Turku archipelago during the Finnish War of 1808–1809. Sweden committed approximately 3,300 troops against a Russian force estimated at 4,000–4,500 under Bagration and Baggovut. Swedish casualties reached 1,000, indicating a costly engagement relative to the force deployed. The action formed one episode in the contested maritime and coastal zone of the Turku archipelago, where control of island passages and landing points carried operational weight for both sides as Russia pressed its campaign to seize Finland from Sweden. Beyond its place within this archipelago sequence, the recorded outcome and its broader effect on the campaign's trajectory are not specified in available sources.

Forces & casualties

Commanders (4)