What the records say
- When
- 1809
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 65.85° N, 23.17° E
- Description
- 1809 battle of the Finnish War
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Capitulation of Kalix
1809 battle of the Finnish War
The Capitulation of Kalix took place during the Finnish War, on 25 March 1809, when 3,800–4,500 Swedish and Finnish troops under Hans Henrik Gripenberg surrendered to a much larger Russian army under Pavel Andreyevich Shuvalov, as part of a large Russian threefold attack against Sweden. The capitulation was characterised by the Swedish High Command as treacherous and Gripenberg was soon court-martialed.
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