Battle of Dynekilen

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Battle of Dynekilen
Part of the Great Northern War
Tordenskjold i Dynekilen by Carl Neumann
Date June 28, 1716 (O.S.) July 8, 1716 (N.S.) Location Bohuslän Result Dano-Norwegian victory
Belligerents
Swedish Empire	Denmark-Norway
Commanders and leaders
Olof Strömstierna	Peter Tordenskjold
Strength
1,284 men[1] 13 warships, 14 merchant vessels, 1 land battery with 40 heavy cannons and 72 light cannons in total[2][a]	931 men[5] 7 warships with 97 heavy cannons, 38 light cannons and 2 howitzers in total[2]
Casualties and losses
9 warships captured, 4 warships sunk, 5 merchants captured, 9 merchants destroyed[b] 21 men or more captured, unknown number of killed and wounded[6]	19 killed, 57 wounded[2]

The naval Battle of Dynekilen (Danish: Slaget ved Dynekilen) took place on 8 July 1716 during the Great Northern War between a Dano-Norwegian fleet under Peter Tordenskjold and a Swedish fleet under Olof Strömstierna. The battle resulted in a Dano-Norwegian victory.

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