Battle of Lier (1814)
| Battle of Lier | |||||||
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| Part of the Swedish–Norwegian War of 1814 | |||||||
Battle of Lier 1814, by Andreas Bloch | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Norway | Sweden | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Andreas Samuel Krebs | Carl Pontus Gahn | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2,500 | 1,400 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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3 killed 30 wounded |
20 killed 72 wounded 8 captured | ||||||
The color black indicates the current battle.
The Battle of Lier (Norwegian: Slaget ved Lier) was fought on 2 August 1814 between Sweden and the newly independent Norway as part of the Swedish-Norwegian War of 1814. The battle was the first major action of the war, in which an outnumbered Swedish force attempted to storm the Norwegian entrenchment; the Norwegian victory served as an important part to boost morale among the Norwegian troops. This was the second time during the Napoleonic Wars that a battle had taken place at Lier, the first was in 1808.