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The conflict was initiated by King Gustav III of Sweden for domestic political reasons, where he believed that a short war would leave the opposition no recourse but to support him. Despite establishing himself an autocrat in bloodless coup d'etat that ended parliamentary rule in 1772, his political powers did not give him the right to start a war. In 1788 the head tailor of the Royal Swedish Opera received an order to sow a number of Russian military uniforms. Dresses that later were used in an exchange of gunfire at Puumala, a Swedish outpost on the Russo-Swedish border, on June 27, 1788. The staged attack which caused an outrage in Stockholm, was to convince the Riksdag of the Estates and to provide Gustav with an excuse to declare war on Russia. The declaration also caused Denmark-Norway, an ally to Russia, to declare war on Sweden in August. The Norwegian army briefly invaded Sweden and won the battle of Kvistrum bridge, before peace was signed on July 9, 1789.
Before the grand opening of the Riksdag in 1789 King Gustav III had the Riksdag Music commissioned. The Parliament then decided on the creation of a National Debt OfficeThe Swedish National Debt Office or Riksgaldskontoret founded by the Riksdag of the Estates in 1789, is a Government Agency in Sweden. The first task of the Debt office was to finance the War aganist Russia started by king Gustav III. The method of raisin to raise funds and finance the war, a move that gave rise to a wave of inflation of the Swedish RiksdalerThe daler or the Riksdaler was the name of the currency used in Sweden until 1873 when it was replaced with the krona as an effect of the Scandinavian Monetary Union. The daler, like the dollar, was named after the German thaler. The daler was the most co.
The Swedes initially planned a naval assault on St. Petersburg. The Battle of Hogland , on July 17July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 167 days remaining. Events 180 Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa, executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that pa, 1788, was indecisive, as was the Battle of ÖlandThe Battle of Oland occurred 1 June 1676 south of Oland in the Baltic Sea. It was a victory for a combined Danish/Dutch fleet under Tromp over a Swedish fleet under Creutz. The Swedish fleet fled after the battle. Ships involved: Allies Denmark Van Squadr only nine days later, on July 26July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. Events 1139 Afonso, then a count, is procclaimed first king of Portugal and declares independence from Castile 1469 Battle of Edgecote Moor 1788.
On May 22May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). There are 223 days remaining. Events 1176 Murder attempt by the Hashshashin (Assassins) on Saladin near Aleppo. 1455 Wars of the Roses: First Battle of St Albans Richard,, 1790, the Swedish Navy of around four hundred ships found itself trapped in the Viborg Bay, as the exit was blocked by one hundred and fifty Russian vessels. On July 3 the Swedes forced their way out in the so-called Gauntlet of Viborg Bay in which both sides combined lost fifty ships. On July 9 and 10, the Swedish Navy won the Second Battle of Svensksund in the Baltic Sea, in which the Russians lost 9 500 out of 14 000 men and had one third of their fleet captured, in what was the greatest naval victory ever gained by Sweden. The Russians immediately agreed to negotiations, and the war was ended by the Treaty of Värälää on August 14.