 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Sweden, mubatanidzwa weBritain muThird Coalition, akaramba kuita zvaidiwa neFrance uye akarwiswa neRussia munaFebruary uye neDenmarkNorway munaKurume 1808. Panguva imwe cheteyo, mauto eFrance akatyisidzira kupinda muSweden yokumaodzanyemba, asi chirongwa chacho chakamiswa sezvo Royal Navy yaidzora migero yeDenmark. Royal Navy yakavaka nzvimbo yokugara kunze kwechiteshi cheGothenburg muna 1808 kuti iite kuti zvive nyore kushanda muGungwa reBaltic. Hondo yeBaltic yakanga iri pasi pokutonga kwaAdmiral James Saumarez. Muna November 1810 France yakada kuti Sweden izivise hondo kuGreat Britain ndokumisa kutengeserana kwose. Mugumisiro wacho wakanga uri hondo yokunyepedzera pakati peSweden neBritain. Nzvimbo yechipiri yehondo yakatangwa pachitsuwa cheHanö chiri kumaodzanyemba kweSweden muna 1810. Nzvimbo mbiri idzi dzaishandiswa kutsigira ngarava dzaibva kuBritain dzichienda kuGothenburg, dzichidarika nomumigero yokuDenmark dzichienda kuHanö. Zvinhu zvaibva kuHanö zvaipinzwa zvisiri pamutemo kuzviteshi zvakawanda zvengarava zvakapoteredza Baltic Sea. Kuti zviwedzere kutsigira mapoka acho, chitsuwa chiduku cheDenmark cheAnholt chakatorwa muna May 1809. Chivheneko chechiedza chiri pachitsuwa chacho chakaita kuti kufamba nengarava muDanish straits kuve nyore. 