Battle of Grönvikssund

30 August 1808, Grönvikssund, Turku archipelago

Swedish victory; the Russians gave up their plan to invade Åland

The Swedish coastal fleet attacked the Russian flotilla in the sound of Grönvikssund, in the archipelago west of Turku. After a hard day's fighting among the islands the Russians fell back, and they gave up their plan to cross to the Åland Islands and threaten Stockholm, going on to the defensive in the archipelago for the rest of the year.

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