Battle of Matrand

Battle of Matrand
	Part of the Swedish–Norwegian War of 1814
	; Combat at Skotterud, by Andreas Bloch
Date	5 August 1814
Location	Matrand, Eidskog, Norway60°02′N 12°08′E / 60.033°N 12.133°E
Result	Norwegian victory
Belligerents
Norway	Sweden
Commanders and leaders
Andreas Samuel Krebs	Carl Pontus Gahn
Strength
2,500–3,822; 6 guns	1,200–1,400; 6 guns
Casualties and losses
50 killed; 60 wounded; 36 captured	60 killed; 288 captured and or wounded

War of the Sixth Coalition:
Swedish–Norwegian War (1814)

70km
43miles

7

Langnes

6

Rakkestad

Matrand

4

Fredrikstad

3

Lier

2

Tistedalen

1

Hvaler

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The Battle of Matrand (Norwegian: Slaget ved Matrand) was a military battle on 5 August 1814 between Norwegian and Swedish forces as part of the Swedish-Norwegian War of 1814. The battle took place near the villages of Matrand and Skotterud in Eidskog. It was the bloodiest battle of the entire war, in which the Swedes lost more than 340 men, of which 270 were captured; the Norwegians lost around 50 men with 90 wounded and 36 captured.