battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic

Battle of Lier

Name: Battle of Lier
Location: Lier, Sweden

Battle of Lier was a battle fought in 1808 at Lier, in what is now Sweden. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Lier. The recorded result: Swedish victory. Recorded strength: 1,250; 2 guns against 1,000; 8 guns.

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Fought1808

WhereLier, Sweden59.867N, 10.214E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSwedish victory

BelligerentsSwedenagainstDenmark–Norway

Casualties and losses71and150–200

Record

Date	1808 (year precision)
Place	Lier, Sweden 59.867N, 10.214E
Kind	Battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength	1,250; 2 guns	1,000; 8 guns
Casualties and losses	71	150–200
Commanders	Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt	Bernt Peter Kreutz

Placed at Lier; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Gjellebekk 1716, 7.6 km SE
Battle of Drøbak Sound 1940, 28 km SE
Operation Doomsday 1945, 29 km E
Oslo Mosquito raid 1942, 29 km E
Siege of Akershus 1716, 29 km E

Elsewhere in 1808

Battle of Lier is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 117 in present-day Sweden.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q10671381, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Lier (1808), revision 1377403404, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.