Great Northern War

This is an article about the 18th century war. For wars with similar names see Northern Seven Years' War (1563–1570), Northern Wars (1655–1661) and the Flagstaff War (1845–1846) in New Zealand The Great Northern War (1700-21) ended the Swedish Empire, leaving Russia dominant in the Baltic Sea and a major player in European politics. The war began as a coordinated attack on Sweden by the coalition in 1700 and ended in 1721 with the Treaty of Nystad and the Stockholm treaties. It was fought between a coalition of Russia, Denmark-Norway, and Saxony (also the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1701 and Prussia and Hanover from 1715) on one side and Sweden, which was helped by the Ottoman Empire on the other.
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