Battle of Køge Bay (1677)
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The Battle of Køge Bay (1677) was a major naval engagement in which the Danish fleet decisively defeated the Swedish navy, helping secure Danish control of the Baltic during the Scanian War.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Køge Bay | 1 |
| Battle of Køge Bay (1677) canonical | 1 |
| Slaget i Køge Bugt (1677) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1477981 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Køge Bay (1677) Context triple: [Scanian War, significantBattle, Battle of Køge Bay (1677)]
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Battle of Copenhagen
The Battle of Copenhagen was a major 1801 naval engagement during the Napoleonic Wars in which the British fleet, led in part by Admiral Horatio Nelson, attacked the Danish-Norwegian defenses to break their alliance with France.
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Battle of Texel (1673)
The Battle of Texel (1673) was a major naval engagement in which the Dutch fleet under Admiral Michiel de Ruyter successfully checked an Anglo-French force, helping to prevent invasion and secure the Dutch Republic during the Franco-Dutch War.
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C.
Battle of La Hogue (1692)
The Battle of La Hogue (1692) was a decisive naval engagement in which the English and Dutch fleets destroyed a large portion of the French navy, thwarting a planned French invasion of England during the Nine Years' War.
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Battle of Drøbak Sound
The Battle of Drøbak Sound was a World War II naval engagement in April 1940 in which Norwegian coastal defenses famously sank the German heavy cruiser Blücher during Germany’s invasion of Norway.
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Battle of Helsingborg
The Battle of Helsingborg was a 1710 engagement in which Swedish forces decisively repelled a Danish attempt to reconquer Scania, helping to secure Sweden’s control of southern Scandinavia during the Great Northern War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Køge Bay (1677) Target entity description: The Battle of Køge Bay (1677) was a major naval engagement in which the Danish fleet decisively defeated the Swedish navy, helping secure Danish control of the Baltic during the Scanian War.
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A.
Battle of Copenhagen
The Battle of Copenhagen was a major 1801 naval engagement during the Napoleonic Wars in which the British fleet, led in part by Admiral Horatio Nelson, attacked the Danish-Norwegian defenses to break their alliance with France.
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B.
Battle of Texel (1673)
The Battle of Texel (1673) was a major naval engagement in which the Dutch fleet under Admiral Michiel de Ruyter successfully checked an Anglo-French force, helping to prevent invasion and secure the Dutch Republic during the Franco-Dutch War.
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C.
Battle of La Hogue (1692)
The Battle of La Hogue (1692) was a decisive naval engagement in which the English and Dutch fleets destroyed a large portion of the French navy, thwarting a planned French invasion of England during the Nine Years' War.
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D.
Battle of Drøbak Sound
The Battle of Drøbak Sound was a World War II naval engagement in April 1940 in which Norwegian coastal defenses famously sank the German heavy cruiser Blücher during Germany’s invasion of Norway.
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E.
Battle of Helsingborg
The Battle of Helsingborg was a 1710 engagement in which Swedish forces decisively repelled a Danish attempt to reconquer Scania, helping to secure Sweden’s control of southern Scandinavia during the Great Northern War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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naval battle ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Køge Bay (1677)
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surface form:
Slaget i Køge Bugt (1677)
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| belligerent |
Danish Navy
ⓘ
surface form:
Dano-Norwegian navy
Swedish Navy ⓘ
surface form:
Swedish navy
|
| campaign | Danish naval campaign of 1677 ⓘ |
| combatant |
Denmark–Norway
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ |
| commander |
Henrik Horn
ⓘ
Lorenzo Campeggi ⓘ Niels Juel ⓘ |
| conflict | Scanian War ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Denmark–Norway
ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ |
| date | 1677-07-01 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1677-07-02 ⓘ |
| fleetStrength | Danish fleet stronger in ships of the line ⓘ |
| followedBy | later operations in the Scanian War ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | south of Copenhagen ⓘ |
| hasCasualties |
heavy Swedish casualties
ⓘ
lighter Danish casualties ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Early Modern period
ⓘ
surface form:
Early modern period
|
| historicalPeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| involvedWeaponType |
naval artillery
ⓘ
ship of the line ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Dano-Swedish conflicts of the late 17th century
ⓘ
surface form:
Danish–Swedish Wars
|
| location |
Køge Bay
ⓘ
Øresund ⓘ |
| navalCommander | Admiral Niels Juel ⓘ |
| navalTheatre | Northern Wars naval campaigns ⓘ |
| notableFor | one of Niels Juel’s greatest victories ⓘ |
| notableShip |
Christianus Quintus
ⓘ
Tre Løver ⓘ |
| outcome |
Swedish fleet heavily damaged
ⓘ
several Swedish ships captured or sunk ⓘ |
| partOf | Scanian War ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Møn (1677) ⓘ |
| primaryObjective | to break Swedish naval power in the Baltic ⓘ |
| result |
Danish victory
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decisive Danish victory ⓘ |
| startDate | 1677-07-01 ⓘ |
| strategicConsequence |
secured Danish control of the Baltic Sea
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weakened Swedish naval power in the Scanian War ⓘ |
| tacticalFeature |
Danish use of the weather gage
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line-of-battle tactics ⓘ |
| theatre | Baltic Sea ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Køge Bay (1677) Description of subject: The Battle of Køge Bay (1677) was a major naval engagement in which the Danish fleet decisively defeated the Swedish navy, helping secure Danish control of the Baltic during the Scanian War.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Cornelis Tromp
this entity surface form:
Battle of Køge Bay
this entity surface form:
Slaget i Køge Bugt (1677)