Crossing the Gulf of Bothnia

Crossing Kvarken
Part of the Finnish War

Crossing Kvarken
Date8–10 March 1809
Location
Result Russian victory[1]
Territorial
changes
Swedish are evacuated Västerbotten[2]
Belligerents
Sweden Russian Empire Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Georg Carl von Döbeln Russian Empire Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly
Strength
1,000[a] 3,000[4]
Casualties and losses
400 captured[5] ~200[b]

The crossing the Gulf of Bothnia, specifically Kvarken (Swedish: korsar Bottenviken; Russian: Переход через Кваркен), was a march of Russians through Kvarken, Gulf of Bothnia, to the territory of Sweden at Umeå. It was during the Finnish War in March 1809.[7]


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