Battle of Dynekilen

Battle of Dynekilen
	Part of the Great Northern War
	; Tordenskjold i Dynekilen by Carl Neumann
Date	June 28, 1716 (O.S.); July 8, 1716 (N.S.)
Location	Bohuslän
Result	Dano-Norwegian victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire	Denmark-Norway
Commanders and leaders
Olof Strömstierna	Peter Tordenskjold
Strength
1,284 men; 13 warships,; 14 merchant vessels,; 1 land battery with; 40 heavy cannons and; 72 light cannons in total	931 men; 7 warships with; 97 heavy cannons,; 38 light cannons and; 2 howitzers in total
Casualties and losses
9 warships captured,; 4 warships sunk,; 5 merchants captured,; 9 merchants destroyed; 21 men or more captured,; unknown number of killed and wounded	19 killed,; 57 wounded

The naval Battle of Dynekilen (Danish: Slaget ved Dynekilen) took place on 8 July 1716 during the Great Northern War between a Dano-Norwegian fleet under Peter Tordenskjold and a Swedish fleet under Olof Strömstierna. The battle resulted in a Dano-Norwegian victory.

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