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The
Finnish War
(
Swedish
:
Finska kriget
,
Finnish
:
Suomen sota
,
Russian
:
Русско-шведская война 1808?1809
) was a
war
fought in
1808
-
1809
between
Russia
and
Sweden
. King
Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden
lost, and Sweden lost its Eastern third. The lost land became the autonomous Grand Duchy of
Finland
.
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