Åland Offensive

Åland Offensive
	Part of the Finnish War
	; The Swedish retreat from Åland, by August Malmström
Date	10–21 March 1809
Location	Åland, Swedish Finland
Result	Convention of Åland; (See Aftermath)
Belligerents
Sweden	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Georg Carl von Döbeln	Gotthard Johann von Knorring
Strength
6,000 (including many sick soldiers)	17,000
Casualties and losses
1,750 captured (including around 1,150 sick and frostbitten, who were left behind in the retreat)	20–30 killed or wounded

The Åland Offensive was part of a threefold attack on native Sweden by the Russian Empire during the Finnish War, to force Sweden into the Continental System and to give up Finland. Åland was to be used for an immediate attack on Stockholm. Only minor skirmishes occurred when Gotthard Johann von Knorring launched his Åland offensive on 10 March 1809, since the Swedes under Georg Carl von Döbeln quickly withdrew over the ice to Stockholm. Although suffering heavy casualties, the Swedish army had escaped destruction. The concluding Convention of Åland not only brought an end to the Russian offensive, but led to their withdrawal from the islands.