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The legendary war between Sweden and San Marino

• There is a legent that says, during the late 1700 when Napoleon was having alot of wars in Europe. A war between Sweden and San Marino was decleared but when Napoleon deceased the war was all forgotten and never ended until these days. Some say the war never existed. Some say Sweden are still at war with San Marino. Could you please bring some clarity to this question?

• Answer:

  Dear blh42, I am sorry to say that there is nothing true about this story. I also found a variant of it, claiming that San Marino and Sweden had been formally at war since the mid-17th century because San Marino had been allied with countries that fought Sweden in the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), but did not sign the Peace Treaty of Westphalia since it had not participated in any military action. Therefore, this version of the legend says, San Marino and Sweden have stayed in a formal state of war until 1996, when the two nations officially declared the war ended. This version can even be found in sources like the Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia: http://au.encarta.msn.com/text_761565721___0/San_Marino_(country).html However, neither that version nor the variant connected with the Napoleonic Wars is true. It is only an amusing popular myth, as Swedish historian Ulf Sundberg explained in his 1997 book "Svenska freder och stillestånd 1249-1814". The myth about the almost endless war between Sweden and tiny San Marino completely ignores the fact that neutral San Marino has not been involved in any conflicts since 1463. Ulf Sundberg's text on the myth of the Swedish-San Marinese war can be found, for example, on the website of the Swedish Library of Military History (unfortunately, only in Swedish): http://www.smb.nu/svenskakrig/freder/san_marino.asp I hope this answers your question! Regards, Scriptor Sources: Swedish Library of Military History: Freden med San Marino http://www.smb.nu/svenskakrig/freder/san_marino.asp Timelines of History: Timeline Germany to 1820 http://timelines.ws/countries/GERM_TO_1820.HTML Wikipedia: San Marino http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Marino Decades.com: History Search http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=decades-20&p=8&o=1&l=ez&f=ifr Search terms used: "san marino" svezia guerra ://www.google.de/search?hl=de&newwindow=1&c2coff=1&q=%22san+marino%22+svezia+guerra&btnG=Suche&meta= "san marino" sweden "thirty years war" 1996 ://www.google.de/search?q=%22san+marino%22+sweden+%22thirty+years+war%22+1996&hl=de&lr=&newwindow=1&c2coff=1&start=0&sa=N "san marino" svenska ://www.google.de/search?hl=de&newwindow=1&c2coff=1&q=%22san+marino%22+svenska&btnG=Suche&meta= Sverige krig "San Marino" 1996 ://www.google.de/search?hl=de&newwindow=1&c2coff=1&q=Sverige+krig+%22San+Marino%22+1996&btnG=Suche&meta= sweden "san marino" war ://www.google.de/search?hl=de&newwindow=1&c2coff=1&q=sweden+%22san+marino%22+war&btnG=Suche&meta=