Helsinki village landing

Helsinki village landing
	Part of the Finnish War
	; Inskeppningen efter striden vid Helsinge, by Jacob Hägg
Date	26–28 September 1808
Location	Helsinge village, Tövsala; now Helsinki (Taivassalo); Southwest Finland
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Sweden	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Gustaf Reinhold Boije; Gustaf Olof Lagerbring	Pyotr Bagration; Karl Gustav von Baggovut
Strength
Swedish accounts:; 3,300; ; Russian accounts:; 4,000–5,000	Russian accounts:; 4,000–4,500; ; Swedish accounts:; 5,000–6,000
Casualties and losses
Swedish accounts:; 657–826; ; Russian accounts:; c. 1,000 killed and wounded,; 350 captured,; 15 cannons,; 1 standard,; 1 wagon train.	Russian accounts:; 400–524

The Helsinki village landing, or the Combat of Helsinge (Russian: Бой у Гельсинге), was fought during the Finnish War between Sweden and the Russian Empire on 26–28 September 1808 (J:14-16 S), a part of the battles of the Turku archipelago.

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