Battle of Vänersborg

Battle of Vänersborg
Part of the Torstenson War
Date 1645 Location Vänersborg Result Swedish victory Territorial changes Norwegians retreat into Bohuslän
Belligerents
Swedish Empire	Denmark–Norway
Commanders and leaders
Alexander Hamilton	Henrik Bielke
Units involved
Vänersborg garrison	Unknown
Strength
100 men	Unknown
Casualties and losses
5 killed	24 killed

The Battle of Vänersborg was fought between Swedish and Norwegian forces during the Torstenson War in 1645.^[1] The Swedes were victorious and the Norwegians retreated to Bohuslän.^{[citation needed]} The Dano-Norwegian commander was Henrik Bielke.^[1] A hundred men, led by captain Alexander Hamilton, had been assigned to the Swedish fortifications.^[2] In the initial attack, Norwegian troops lost 24 men, whereas the Swedish defenders lost five men, among them one corporal.^[1] The attack came a few months after Vänersborg had been burned to the ground in an attack the previous year.^[3]

The Swedish forces repelled three attacks before the sieging forces retreated.^[4] This marked the end of attacks on Vänersborg during the Torstenson War.^[4] Bielke and the Norwegian forces had to leave the area after the Swedish lieutenant colonel Per Lillie had returned with more Swedish troops.^[5]

• Munthe, Carl Oscar (1901). Hannibalsfeiden 1643–45 : Den norske hærs bloddåb.

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