coin depicts both the pre-war Finnish history, with the withdrawing Swedish crown on the reverse side, and the post-war future of the country, with the Russian eagle symbol on the obverse side. Legacy According to two 2015 studies by political scientists Jan Teorell and Bo Rothstein, Sweden's loss in the Finnish War led to reforms of the Swedish bureaucracy. Prior to 1809, Sweden had a reputation as one of Europe's most corrupt countries, but the loss in the war created the perception of an existential threat in the East for Sweden and motivated Swedish elites to reform its bureaucracy. The motivation behind the reforms were to make the Swedish state more effective and functional, and thus protect against the existential threat in the East. See also Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809 Åland War Diet of Porvoo Sven Tuuva the Hero The Tales of Ensign Stål References Bibliography Nordling, Carl. "Capturing ‘The Gibraltar of the North:’How Swedish Sveaborg was taken by the Russians in 1808." Journal of Slavic Military Studies 17#4 (2004): 715–725. Norbert Götz. “The Good Plumpuddings’ Belief: British Voluntary Aid to Sweden During the Napoleonic Wars.” International History Review 37 (2015) 3: 519–539. Further reading Ордин К., Покорение Финляндии, ч. 1, СПБ, 1889. Михайловский–Данилевский А. И., Описание финляндской войны в 1808–1809. СПБ, 1849. Ниве П. А., Русско-шведская война 1808–1809, СПБ, 1910. Захаров Г., Русско-шведская война 1808–1809, М., 1940. Фомин А.А., Швеция в системе европейской политики накануне и в период русско-шведской войны 1808–1809 гг., М., 2003. External links "The Final War" – The Swedish-Russian War of 1808–09 "The Union's Last War" – The Russian-Swedish War of 1808–09 by Göran Frilund Conflicts in 1808 Conflicts in 1809 Napoleonic Wars Wars involving Finland Wars involving Sweden Wars involving the Russian Empire 1808 in Finland 1809 in Finland 1808 in Sweden 1809 in Sweden 1808 in the Russian Empire 1809 in the Russian Empire Grand Duchy of Finland