Franco-Swedish War

Franco-Swedish War (Pomeranian War)
	Part of the Napoleonic Wars
	; Swedish Pomerania (centre-right) in 1812
Date	31 October 1805 – 6 January 1810; (4 years, 2 months and 6 days)
Location	Swedish Pomerania
Result	French victory Treaty of Paris; Sweden regains Swedish Pomerania; Sweden integrates the Continental System;
Belligerents
French Empire; Spain Until 1808; Holland; Co-belligerents: Russian Empire; (1808–09); Denmark–Norway; (1808–09);	Sweden; United Kingdom; Prussia; Co-belligerents: Russian Empire; (–1807); Austrian Empire; Saxony;
Commanders and leaders
Guillaume Brune; Édouard Mortier; Pedro Caro; Louis Bonaparte; Jean Dumonceau;	Gustav IV Adolf[a]; Charles XIII[a]; Hans von Essen; Johan Christopher Toll;
Strength
1805:; 13,000; 1810:; 40,000	1805:; 12,125; 1810:; 27,000
	[a] Gustav IV Adolf was deposed by a coup d'etat on March 9, 1809, and Charles XIII was appointed king in his place. [b] Until 1808

The Franco-Swedish War or Pomeranian War was the first involvement by Sweden in the Napoleonic Wars. The country joined the Third Coalition in an effort to defeat France under Napoleon Bonaparte.

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