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image/svg+xmlTHE “FINNISH WAR” | THE OUTBREAK København KINGDOMOF SWEDEN SwedenFinland SkåneGotlandÅland RUSSIAN EMPIRE Russia KINGDOMOF DENMARKKINGDOM OF PRUSSIA DUCHY OFHOLSTEIN Stockholm KarlstadGöteborgÅbo Turku MariehamnHelsingfors Helsinki Hämeenlinna Sankt Petersburg Stralsund Russia 21 February 1808 . Russia invades the Kingdomof Sweden without declaring war. W.v.Buxhoevden attacks and captures Hämeenlinna 14 March 1808. Denmark declares war. Jean Baptiste Bernadotte starts preparing an attack against Skåne (later cancelled).A lesser threat attack from Norwaywhich materialized into few minorskirmishes in spring. Karlskrona Archipelago Fleet (swed.) The Baltic Fleet (rus.) RigaUmeåPiteåSkellefteåVaasaPoriTampereFredrikshamn Hamina KuopioUppsala Kiel N Key to map Imperial, royal, or Swedish Pomerania occupiedduchy capital by french army since 1807Conquest with or French empire, occupiedwithout battle or “protected” statesFleet baseor fleet command State boundary, modern FRENCH EMPIRECONFED. OFTHE RHINE Wisby Visby Christiania Oslo Reval Tallinn Baltischport Paldiski Danzig Gdansk Königsberg Kaliningrad Torneå NORWAY Directly under thekingdom of Denmark Uleåborg Oulou