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Battle of Kuopio | |||||||
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Part of the Finnish War | |||||||
Stormningen af kanslihuset i Kuopio, by Gunnar Hallström | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Sweden | Russian Empire | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Karl Wilhelm Malm | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
150 infantry 300 peasants[1] | 400 (inclusive 124 sick)[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2 killed 1 wounded[1] |
40 killed or wounded 284 captured[1] |
The Battle of Kuopio was fought between Swedish and Russian forces at Kuopio in Northern Savonia on 12 May 1808 during the Finnish War.