Third Swedish Crusade

Third Swedish Crusade
Part of the Northern Crusades and the Swedish–Novgorodian Wars

Swedish eastern expansion in Finland, 1249–1323
Date1293–1295
Location
Result Swedish victory
Territorial
changes
Swedish border is further expanded eastwards
Belligerents
Sweden Novgorod
Pagan Karelians
Commanders and leaders
Birger Magnusson
Torkel Knutsson
Sigge Lake 
Bishop Petrus[1]
Roman Glebovich
Strength
Unknown Unknown

The Third Swedish Crusade to Finland was a Swedish military expedition against the pagan Karelians from 1293 to 1295 in which the Swedes successfully expanded their borders eastwards and gained further control of their lands in Finland. After the crusade, Western Karelia remained under Swedish rule until the Treaty of Nystad in 1721.[2]

  1. ^ Cornelius, Karl Alfred (1892). "Handbok i svenska kyrkans historia".
  2. ^ "Viborg". Nordisk familjebok. Retrieved June 1, 2019.

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