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Second Northern War
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Key facts
- Date
- Date June 1655 – 23 April 1660
- Location
- Denmark–Norway , Swedish Empire , Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth , New Sweden and New Netherland .
- Result
- See § Peace
- Territorial changes
- Denmark–Norway cedes Scania , Halland , Blekinge , Bohuslän and Ven to Sweden. Poland–Lithuania recognizes Swedish sovereignty in Livonia and Swedish ownership of Estonia and Ösel Poland–Lithuania grants the Duchy of Prussia sovereign status.
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Encyclopedic overview
Belligerents
Swedish Empire Brandenburg-Prussia (1656–57) Transylvania Swedish Lithuania Cossack Hetmanate Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Denmark–Norway (from 1657) Habsburg Monarchy Russia (1656–58) Brandenburg-Prussia (1655–56, 1657–60) Crimean Khanate Dutch Republic Commanders and leaders
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