Siege of Fredriksten

Siege of Fredriksten
	Part of the Great Northern War
	; Bringing Home the Body of King Charles XII by Gustaf Cederström (1884)
Date	30 November 1718
Location	Fredriksten, Fredrikshald, Norway
Result	Dano-Norwegian victory
Belligerents
Denmark–Norway	Swedish Empire
Commanders and leaders
Barthold Landsberg	Charles XII †
Strength
1,800	21,000
Casualties and losses
9 killed; 10 wounded; 19 prisoners	200 killed and wounded

The siege of Fredriksten (Norwegian: Beleiringen av Fredriksten festning) was an attack on the Norwegian fortress of Fredriksten in the city of Fredrikshald (now Halden) by King Charles XII of Sweden. While inspecting his troops' lines, Charles XII was killed by a projectile. The Swedes broke off the siege, and the Norwegians held the fortress.^[2] Along with the Treaty of Nystad three years later, the death of Charles XII marked the end of the imperial era in Sweden, and the beginning of the Age of Liberty (Swedish: Frihetstiden) in that country.^[3]^[4]

^ Lundblad (1835), p. 558
^ "De svenske invasjonene av Norge i 1716 og 1718". University of Oslo. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
^ Peter From. "Karl XII:s död - gåtans lösning". karlxii.se. Archived from the original on April 6, 2005. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
^ Michael Roberts (1995) Sverige under frihetstiden (Stockholm: Prisma) ISBN 91-518-4106-1. Retrieved November 1, 2018

[1] Lundblad (1835), p. 558

[2] "De svenske invasjonene av Norge i 1716 og 1718". University of Oslo. Retrieved June 1, 2017.

[3] Peter From. "Karl XII:s död - gåtans lösning". karlxii.se. Archived from the original on April 6, 2005. Retrieved November 1, 2018.

[4] Michael Roberts (1995) Sverige under frihetstiden (Stockholm: Prisma) ISBN 91-518-4106-1. Retrieved November 1, 2018

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