Battle of Savitaipale

Battle of Savitaipal
	Part of the Russo-Swedish War of 1788–1790
	; Battle of Savitaipal, as depicted in Nordischer Kriegsschauplaz
Date	3 June 1790
Location	Savitaipale, now Finland
Result	Russian victory
Belligerents
Sweden	Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt	Alexey Khrushchev [ru]
Strength
1,800; (Swedish sources); 4,000; (Russian sources)	1,600; (Russian sources); 3,000; (Swedish sources)
Casualties and losses
372 killed, wounded or captured; (Swedish sources); 750 killed, wounded or captured; (Russian sources)	60 killed, wounded or captured; (Russian sources); 800 killed, wounded or captured; (Swedish sources)

The Battle of Savitaipal took place on June 3, 1790 during the Russo-Swedish War (1788–90), between Sweden and the Russian Empire. The Swedes lost the battle and had to withdraw with a loss of 372 men killed, wounded and captured^[1] or 750 according to Russian sources.^[4]^[5] The Russians estimated their casualties at 60 men killed and wounded,^[4] whereas the Swedes claimed to have killed 800.^[6]