The Swedish plan is mostly based on…

February 1808 CE

The Swedish plan is mostly based on passively defending and on holding on to the critical fortifications in southern Finland, then counterattacking with naval support in the spring and retaking the lost areas.

Some advocates for taking a more active approach include Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Möller, who advocates for taking an immediate offensive, and Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, who supports actively delaying the advancing enemies in co-operation with the garrisons in the southern coast.

In the end, the instructions that the new Swedish commander in Finland, General Wilhelm Mauritz Klingspor, receives from the king are an unsuccessful and open-ended mixture of ideas from these very different plans.

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