Swedish wars on Bremen

First and Second Swedish wars on Bremen
	; Siege of Bremen, 1666
Date	1654, 1666
Location	Bremen-Verden, Bremen
Result	Treaties of Stade (1654) and Habenhausen (1666)
Belligerents
Sweden	Bremen (1654/66); Electorate of Cologne (1666); Brunswick-Lüneburg (Celle) (1666); Denmark-Norway (1666); Electorate of Brandenburg (1666); Dutch Republic (1666);
Commanders and leaders
Hans Kristofer von Königsmark (1654); Carl Gustaf Wrangel (1666);

The Swedish wars on Bremen were fought between the Swedish Empire and the Hanseatic town of Bremen in 1654 and 1666. Bremen claimed to be subject to the Holy Roman Emperor, maintaining Imperial immediacy, while Sweden claimed Bremen to be a mediatised part of her dominions of Bremen-Verden, themselves territories immediately beneath the emperor. Sweden was able to gain some territory, but despite forcing a formal oath of allegiance on Bremen, did not gain control of the town.

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