What the records say
- When
- 25 Apr 1808
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 60.61° N, 11.98° E
- Description
- 1808 battle in Norway
Placed at the coordinates of its English Wikipedia article.
Battle of Trangen
Battle of the Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809
The Battle of Trangen took place on 25 April 1808 at Trangen in Flisa, Hedemarkens Amt, between Swedish and Norwegian troops, as a part of the Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809. The invading Swedish troops, led by Colonel Carl Pontus Gahn, were surrounded and forced to surrender by the Norwegian troops under the command of Bernhard Ditlef von Staffeldt. Gahn and around 450 of his troops were captured.
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