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Scanian territories to return to Danish rule, and the territories became a permanent part of Sweden.
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292:1st Riga
280:Humlebæk
190:Strength
86:Location
1037:, King
1033:, Duke
914:Småland
906:Poltava
891:dragoon
887:cavalry
842:Poltava
834:Halland
816:Scanian
777:Grengam
762:Fehmarn
752:Hogland
679:Stresow
609:Pälkäne
585:Finland
572:Poltava
567:Sokolki
547:Baturyn
537:Lesnaya
532:Rajovka
462:Lemberg
447:Pułtusk
442:Kliszów
399:Palanga
384:Vilnius
352:Koporye
275:Reinbek
116:changes
61:German
1229:
1210:
1191:
1118:
1059:Bender
975:Battle
757:Gangut
715:Høland
708:Norway
674:Usedom
669:Wismar
657:Bender
640:Stäket
552:Veprik
509:Russia
497:Kalisz
472:Warsaw
467:Poniec
457:Poznań
435:Saxony
431:Poland
419:Kletsk
198:14,000
195:14,000
106:Result
99:Sweden
95:Scania
949:Växjö
922:Malmö
767:Rügen
614:Napue
542:Desna
477:Praga
452:Thorn
312:Rauge
297:Varja
1227:ISBN
1208:ISBN
1189:ISBN
1116:ISBN
953:Osby
920:and
836:and
798:The
772:Ösel
433:and
347:Neva
307:Düna
78:Date
1057:in
928:in
879:Råå
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1151:^
1127:^
1094:^
936:.
97:,
93:,
1235:.
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242:e
235:t
228:v
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