Battle of Ratan

Battle of Ratan
Part of the Finnish War
Date20 August 1809
Location
Ratan, Sweden
63°59′31.99″N 20°53′52.01″E / 63.9922194°N 20.8977806°E / 63.9922194; 20.8977806
Result See Aftermath
Belligerents
Sweden Russian Empire Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Gustaf Wachtmeister Russian Empire Nikolay Kamensky
Strength
5,420[1] 3,000[1]
Casualties and losses
Swedish accounts:
150[2]–181[1]

Russian accounts:
2,000 (including losses at Djäkneboda and Sävar)[3]		 Russian accounts:
150[3]

Swedish accounts:
500[4]–700[5]
Battle of Ratan is located in Sweden
Battle of Ratan
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Location within Sweden
Battle of Ratan is located in European Russia
Battle of Ratan
Battle of Ratan (European Russia)

The Battle of Ratan was the last battle fought on Swedish soil during the Russian-Swedish War of 1808 - 1809. It took place a day apart from the Battle of Sävar, on 20 August 1809. Having conquered Finland from Sweden, the Russians had a small force in the northern areas of Sweden, which the Swedes sought to eliminate through a combined assault from land and sea. The Russians moved rapidly to defend, defeating the Swedish force landed at Ratan at Sävar on 19 August. The next day, on 20 August, the Swedish riflemen was attacked and pushed out of Ratan, turning to the flotilla and starting the evacuation. At the same time, artillery fire from Swedish warships kept the Russians at bay. Peace negotiations followed the heavy fighting.

  1. ^ a b c Generalstaben (1922). Sveriges krig åren 1808 och 1809, Volume 9 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Kongl. boktryckeriet P. A. Norstedt & söner. pp. 406–407.
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  4. ^ Palmblad, Vilhelm Fredrik; Wieselgren, Peter; Werner, Karl Fredrik (1852). Biografiskt lexicon öfver namnkunnige svenska män, nittonde bandet (in Swedish). Uppsala: Palmblad och Sebell. pp. 126–130.
  5. ^ Johannesson, Bror E. (1959). Ofredens år: Historisk skildring av Kriget i Västerbotten 1809 (in Swedish). Umeå: Bröderna Larsson. p. 96.