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Topic: Torstenson war, Hannibal controversy, Hannibal War, or Danish-Swedish War of 1643-45
Location: Staraya Ladoga Leningradskaya Oblast Russia

Torstenson war, Hannibal controversy, Hannibal War, or Danish-Swedish War of 1643-45

Years: 1643 - 1645

The Torstenson war, Hannibal controversy or Hannibal War is a short period of conflict between Sweden and Denmark-Norway which occurs in 1643 to 1645 during the waning days of the Thirty Years' War.

The names refer to Swedish general Lennart Torstenson and Norwegian governor-general Hannibal Sehested.

"[the character] Professor Johnston often said that if you didn't know history, you didn't know anything. You were a leaf that didn't know it was part of a tree."

― Michael Crichton, Timeline (November 1999)