naval engagement, notable, early modern

Battle of the Sound

Name: Battle of the Sound
Start: 1658-10-29
Location: Øresund, Denmark

Battle of the Sound was a naval engagement fought on 29 October 1658 at Øresund, in what is now Denmark. It was part of the Dano-Swedish War, which ran from 1658 to 1660. The recorded result: Dutch victory. Recorded strength: 41 warships against 45 warships.

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Fought29 October 1658

WhereØresund, Denmark55.750N, 12.750E

OutcomeDutch victory

BelligerentsDutch RepublicagainstSwedish Empire

Part ofDano-Swedish War1658 to 1660

Record

Date	29 October 1658
Place	Øresund, Denmark 55.750N, 12.750E
Kind	Naval engagement, early modern
Strength	41 warships	45 warships
Casualties and losses	1,400 killed, wounded and captured; 1 warship sunk	1,200 killed, wounded and captured; 4 warships captured; 1 warship destroyed
Commanders	Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam Witte de With Pieter Floriszoon	Carl Gustaf Wrangel Klas Hansson Bjelkenstjerna

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Svolder AD 999, same recorded site
Battle of Copenhagen 1801, 10 km SW
Siege of Landskrona 1676, 14 km N
Siege Of Copenhagen 1658, 14 km SW
Siege of Copenhagen 1289, 14 km SW

In the same war

Before: Siege of Kronborg 16 August 1658

Elsewhere in 1658

Battle of the Sound is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 65 in present-day Denmark.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1275200, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of the Sound, revision 1370602368, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.