The Scanian War, fought between the union of Denmark-Norway and Sweden, mainly on Scanian soil, is a war with no definite victor; the Swedish navy loses at sea and the Danish army is defeated on land.

The war and the hostilities end when Denmark's ally the Netherlands settles with Sweden's stronger ally France and the Swedish king Charles XI marries Danish princess Ulrike Eleonora, sister of Christian V. Peace is made by France on behalf of Sweden and Denmark failsto gain its objective, the provinces of Scania.