Battle of Trangen

Battle of Trangen
	Part of the Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809
	; Surrounded Swedish forces, by Andreas Bloch
Date	25 April 1808
Location	Trangen, Flisa, Norway60°36′37″N 11°58′34″E / 60.6102°N 11.9762°E
Result	Dano-Norwegian victory
Belligerents
Sweden	Denmark–Norway
Commanders and leaders
Carl Pontus Gahn (POW)	Bernhard Ditlef von Staffeldt
Strength
531	1,050
Casualties and losses
25 killed; 57 wounded; 433 captured	15 killed; 52 wounded; 2 captured

The Battle of Trangen took place on 25 April 1808 at Trangen in Flisa, Hedemarkens Amt, between Swedish and Norwegian troops, as a part of the Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809. The invading Swedish troops, led by Colonel Carl Pontus Gahn, were surrounded and forced to surrender by the Norwegian troops under the command of Bernhard Ditlef von Staffeldt.^[2] Gahn and around 450 of his troops were captured.^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Philström & Westerlund (1911), pp. 182–190
^ Mardal, Magnus A. "Trangen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
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[Philström&Westerlund-1] Philström & Westerlund (1911), pp. 182–190

[snl-2] Mardal, Magnus A. "Trangen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 July 2011.

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