A cikin 1611 <unk> 1632 Sweden ta mallaki Sarki Gustavus Adolphus, wanda gyare-gyaren soja ya canza sojojin Sweden daga 'yan bindigar' yan kasuwa zuwa ingantaccen injin yaƙi, mai yiwuwa mafi kyau a Turai. An kammala cin nasarar Livonia, kuma an karɓi wasu yankuna daga Rasha da aka raba a cikin yarjejeniyar Stolbova. A cikin 1630, sojojin Sweden (da Finnish) sun yi tafiya zuwa tsakiyar Turai, kamar yadda Sweden ta yanke shawarar shiga cikin babban gwagwarmaya tsakanin Protestant da Katolika a Jamus, wanda aka sani da Yakin Shekaru talatin. An san dakarun dakarun dakarun dakarun Finnish da Hakkapeliitat. Tambaya: Menene sunan dakarun dakarun dakarun Finnish?
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