Talk:List of wars involving Sweden

Polish-Swedish War

I am working on the above article. Any help with details like names of Swedish commanders and such would be appreciated. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 20:11, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

I'll see what I can do in the next few days. -- Elisson • Talk 22:18, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

List is wrong

Sweden was not part in the Schleswig wars, the Vietnam war or the Gulf war. And Kosovo is missing. 2A02:AA1:162D:5F01:9817:457D:A82D:506A (talk) 08:11, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Note that being involved doesn't mean being a direct combatant. TylerBurden (talk) 18:13, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

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Chaos

The article appears chronically plagued with WP:OR, poor writing (both gramatically and tone wise), and instead of existing issues being fixed more are being piled up. What should be a concrete list of established Swedish conflicts is a constantly changing mess, WP:Lists standards need to be followed, as well as every Wikipedia policy including WP:VERIFY and WP:RS. TylerBurden (talk) 21:57, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

Request a Key to the Various Colours used in the list of Wars & Military events that involved Sweden

The Chart is pretty good, however there is no key to what the colours of the Chart mean. I am not good at making things like Chart Keys etc (They tend to look worse after I attempt to work on them) I was wondering if someone could put in a key explaining what each colour of the chart means

Thank you

MagnummSerpentinee (talk) 17:58, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

this is a bit late but cant you just look at the result? It says if its a victory or a loss there. Dencoolast33 (talk) 09:59, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

We should delete wars were swedish soldiers dident see any engagement in warfare

Yes, i know that the article is called "list of wars involving sweden" and not "list of wars militarly involving sweden" but id argue that it isent called "list of wars militarly involving sweden" just for the sake of having a simplistic title.

If we would include wars were only swedish volunteers fought we would have an unreadable article. There is a reason why "List of wars involving great britan" doesent include wars were they playd a supporting role cuase that article is already very long and it would become 5x larger if they did so. And if we are fine including The vietnam war and the schleswig wars we should also have no problem with including the American civil war, WW2 and the Dirty war were swedish voluteers fought aswell.

This is a pretty weird metaphor but it serves its purpose:

A football player is sick before his match and is unable to come and play. But while at home he tweets out something supportive about the team before the match, wich gave the ohter players a bit of motivation and determenation.

Would you then consider player A apart of the match? Yes, he supported them, they wouldve been a bit worse off if it wasent for him but you wouldent hear someone say "thats my favorit match with player A involved". Dencoolast33 (talk) 09:11, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

Not many wars on this fit the example you made, but things like the Vietnam War do, which could be removed for such a reason. However, a nation does not have to directly participate in battles during a war for them to be involved. Gvssy (talk) 19:20, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

The swedish goverment has stated that it is on the side of Israel in the Israeli-Hamas war, should that war be included in the list then? No? Then why is Vietnam on the list?

"However, a nation does not have to directly participate in battles during a war for them to be involved.", okay, lets include every war that has happened since atleast 1930, cuase sweden have probably been more sympathetic towards one side in every war since then, thereby "supporting one side".

We need to draw a line between just supporting one side and engaging in warfare, otherwise you risk being hypocritical if you have a problem with me adding the Dirty War to the list.

"Not many wars on this fit the example you made" I dont now what your point is there, most of the wars would remain on the list. My points were: We should not include wars were only volunteers fought and we should not include articles were sweden just played a supportive role. Could you please give an example of a war that would be removed if we only included wars that fit into my criterias(not including The vietnam wars, schleswig etc for obvios reasons)? Dencoolast33 (talk) 22:46, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

No, the current conflict between Israel and Palestine should not be added to the list, this is because the only thing Sweden has provided so far (as far as I know) is diplomatic support, in for example the Schleswig wars, Sweden was more directly involved, providing both Military and Diplomatic support in the first one, and diplomatic support in the second.

I have also never objected to adding the Dirty War to the list, but the WIkipedia article itself doesn't speak of any Swedish involvement, except that Swedish citizens were victims of it. I'm not sure what you meant with "lets include every war that has happened since atleast 1930" I have never claimed that only political support should warrant being on the list, If you thought I agreed with the Vietnam War being on the list, you're wrong, I don't.

In addition, there aren't many wars that break your criteria, those being that wars where Sweden only sent volunteers or played a supportive role, all of them had legitimate Swedish involvement, as far as I can tell. Gvssy (talk) 23:13, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

"there aren't many wars that break your criteria, those being that wars where Sweden only sent volunteers or played a supportive role, all of them had legitimate Swedish involvement, as far as I can tell.", yes but only diplomatic support, and you failed to provide an example of a war that dident break the criteria.

"lets include every war that has happened since atleast 1930", when i said that it wasent really directed to you, more to those that wished for the vietnam war to stay. Since Sweden has probably had an opinion on every war since the 30s, and thereby "supporting" one side, and if the vietnam war is allowed to stay why wont we add all of the wars since then?

"I have also never objected to adding the Dirty War to the list" this also strengthens, why cant include every war were one swedish volunteer fought (Svante Grände).

I only want a few wars removed, wich are the following: Second schleswig war (only volunteers fought), Gulf war (we only had up A medical tent), Vietnam war and maybe the seventh coalition (i havent found any sources stating that sweden fought there let alone declared war). I hope you agree with me! Dencoolast33 (talk) 10:37, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

We maybe should change the title to list of wars militarly involving sweden Dencoolast33 (talk) 10:39, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

The likely reason behind not being able to add the Dirty War is because the volunteer you linked didn't fight on behalf of Sweden, but on behalf of another organization. I do agree that things such as the Vietnam War, and Gulf War could be removed, or added to a new heading for similiar wars.

Changing the title might work too, I feel like it's a big change since every other article regarding other nations on their wars don't have this, but I won't really stop you.

Regarding the Seventh Coalition War, you're right, Sweden played absolutely no part in this war, atleast not one that warrants being included as a belligerent, Sweden had its last official war in 1814, so I agree that this should be removed.

I think the Second Schleswig war should still be included, since the volunteers were technically sent there by the Swedish state, thereby making Sweden an indirect combatant. Gvssy (talk) 11:05, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

I appretiate you argumenting with me.

"The likely reason behind not being able to add the Dirty War is because the volunteer you linked didn't fight on behalf of Sweden, but on behalf of another organization." that is the definition of a volunteer, everything else isent, i agree with you there.

Im happy that we could reach a common ground, but i still think we should remove the second schleswig war. You said:

"i think the Second Schleswig war should still be included, since the volunteers were technically sent there by the Swedish state, thereby making Sweden an indirect combatant."

They werent really sent by the goverment, the goverment just gave them permission to go (wich is common). As you said, wars were voluteers are fighting for the behalf of a country other than sweden should not be included. Dencoolast33 (talk) 11:18, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Perhaps you're right, I'm not sure I know enough about many conflicts after the 1810s, I won't do anything if you decide that removing the Second Schleswig War and the Vietnam War is needed, but it might be reverted by other people.

But, other than those two wars there aren't many others I can think of that should also be removed from the list. Gvssy (talk) 12:28, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Yes, it isent a huge edit. Ill remove the wars and the bar atop of the article. Dencoolast33 (talk) 14:39, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Why are we getting such a spike in views?

Just look at This Dencoolast33 (talk) 14:01, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

It seems to happen randomly, it happened on December 27 too. It could just be some kind of recommendation feature or something. Gvssy (talk) 18:38, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

The last few days in particular may be related to official Swedish statements on war preparedness. TylerBurden (talk) 19:07, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Oooh yeah, true Gvssy (talk) 19:11, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Some of the resluts are too long

Especially in the first part of the article, the results are so long that they could be their own section of a wikipedia article. I think we need to simplifie the results, if visitors of this article would like to see detailed results they could go to the actuall article instead. Dencoolast33 (talk) 09:09, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Just noticed some spelling mistakes, sorry Dencoolast33 (talk) 09:10, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Agreed, a list article is meant to be a brief summary. It is enough with "victory", "indecisive" "defeat" etc. TylerBurden (talk) 18:32, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

I am glad that we could find common ground. Do you think just changing the results to Victory, defeat, etc is enough? Dencoolast33 (talk) 19:17, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Yes, being a list article things should be as concise as possible. TylerBurden (talk) 17:05, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Edit on List of wars involving Sweden

[Moved from my user talk page --T*U (talk) 15:33, 29 January 2024 (UTC)]

I was wondering if i could revert you latest revision on the list of swedish war page. Your reasoning for the removal of Capture of Manuel Briones was that it does not count as a war. But i think that the article has evolved passed that, the Invasion of Åland, First Schleswig War, Swedish volunteers in Persia and all of the UN-peacekeeping missions were not Swedish wars either. Dencoolast33 (talk) 14:25, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

@Dencoolast33: But at least most of them are wars. I can honestly not see that the hunting down of a pirate has anything at all to do in a list of wars. If anything, there are other entries in the list that well might be removed, but this addition is just ridiculous. --T*U (talk) 15:33, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

okay then, Thanks for sharing your views. Dencoolast33 (talk) 16:08, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Varangians ≠ Kingdom of Sweden

I've removed various entries in which Varangian mercenaries or Varangian viking raiders were involved in various battles that had nothing to do with the Kingdom of Sweden or Swedish monarchy. Just because the Varangians were most probably originally of Swedish descent doesn't mean anything they did automatically received a stamp of approval from the royal court in Uppsala. NLeeuw (talk) 09:49, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

I would also seriously caution against using WP:PRIMARY sources such as Icelandic sagas and Rus' chronicles at face value, especially if no other type of contemporary source confirms it, and modern scholars do not regard them as reliable. NLeeuw (talk) 09:52, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Changing design

@TylerBurden @Dencoolast33 Hello, I'm pinging you two to ask if either of you would have any issues with me changing this article to appear more like the List of wars involving Denmark article, it seems to me that the design there is widely used on other articles, and to be frank, the one on this article looks terrible. Gvssy (talk) 19:32, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Sure! I do not have any problems with your proposal, we cant let the Danes have a prettier article after all. Dencoolast33 (talk) 05:08, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

@Gvssy Why not, you seem to be correct about this one sticking out in terms of consistency with the other lists, so go ahead. TylerBurden (talk) 19:44, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Scanian War styled as swedish victory.

I do not agree with the Scanian war being styled as a Swedish victory on this page. It is not mentioned as a Swedish victory in the Scanian war article, and historians often agree upon the Scanian war being a stalemate. E4t5s.new (talk) 13:03, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Then change the result here to a stalemate Gvssy (talk) 13:30, 14 July 2024 (UTC)