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Swedish Blockade of Danzig

When
1627
Where
Danzig harbour
Part of
Battle of Oliwa

Swedish squadron blockades Danzig harbour, restricting Polish-Lithuanian trade.

Niels Stiernsköld led a Swedish squadron that maintained a stranglehold on Polish-Lithuanian trade by blockading the harbour of Gdańsk, the most important port for the Commonwealth.

Sources

  1. Battle of Oliwa Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-27

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