As the war was badly prepared and without the expected initial success, anger rose against the king within the military ranks deployed to Finland, where the memory of the harsh Russian occupations of 1713-21 (the "Greater Wrath") (Isoviha in Finnish) and 1741-43 (the "Lesser Wrath") (Pikkuviha in Finnish) remained vivid.
It was no secret that the war was conceived to increase the king's popularity and influence, and diminish that of his, mostly noble, opponents [REF].