Battle of Lier (1814)

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Battle of Lier
Part of the Swedish–Norwegian War of 1814
Battle of Lier 1814, by Andreas Bloch
Date 2 August 1814 Location Line between Eidskog and Kongsvinger, Norway 60°08′58″N 12°02′36″E / 60.1494°N 12.0434°E / 60.1494; 12.0434 Result Norwegian victory
Belligerents
Norway	Sweden
Commanders and leaders
Andreas Samuel Krebs	Carl Pontus Gahn
Strength
2,500[1]	1,400[1]
Casualties and losses
3 killed 30 wounded	20 killed 72 wounded 8 captured[2]

War of the Sixth Coalition:
Swedish–Norwegian War (1814)

100km
62miles

Langnes

7

Rakkestad

6

Matrand

5

Fredrikstad

4

Lier

Tistedalen

2

Hvaler

1

  

The color black indicates the current battle.

The Battle of Lier (Norwegian: Slaget ved Lier) was fought on 2 August 1814 between Sweden and the newly independent Norway as part of the Swedish-Norwegian War of 1814. The battle was the first major action of the war, in which an outnumbered Swedish force attempted to storm the Norwegian entrenchment; the Norwegian victory served as an important part to boost morale among the Norwegian troops. This was the second time during the Napoleonic Wars that a battle had taken place at Lier, the first was in 1808.