Polish–Swedish War (1563–1568)

Polish–Swedish War
Part of the Northern Seven Years' War

Map of Old Livonia by Abraham Ortelius, where the fighting during the war took place
Date1563–1568
Location
Result Swedish victory
Territorial
changes
Status quo ante bellum
Belligerents
Sweden
Denmark–Norway
Lübeck
Commanders and leaders
Eric XIV
Svante Sture
Åke Bengtsson Färla
Henrik Klasson Horn
Håkan Olsson 
Torsten Henriksson
Clas Kursell
Johann Maydell Goswinsson (POW)
Hans Boije af Gennäs (POW)
Sigismund II Augustus
Konrad von Oldenbokum 
Henrik Dücker
Alexander Polobentski
Mikołaj Talwosz
Gotthard Kettler
Christoffer Valkendorff
Reinhold Zöge 
Units involved
Pernau garrison
Reval garrison
Karkus garrison
Pernau garrison
Leal garrison
Lode garrison
Hapsal garrison

The Polish–Swedish War (1563–1568), also called the First Polish War (Swedish: Första Polska Kriget) (Polish: Wojna polsko-szwedzka (1563–1568) was waged primarily in the Baltic during the larger Northern Seven Years' War between Sweden and the Polish–Lithuanian union, the Duchy of Courland, parts of the Livonian nobility, and Estonian rebels from 1563 to 1568. The war ultimately ended when John III became the King of Sweden, resulting in a Swedish victory.