Warscape
Simulated matchup · a model, not a forecast

Sweden vs FinlandMilitary comparison, and what happens if they fight

If Sweden attacked Finland today, with no allies joining on either side, this is what the WARSCAPE engine produced: Defender holds after 365 days.

How the two sides compare

Finland keeps 1.6 times as many soldiers under arms. Finland has 1.7 times the tanks. Sweden has 1.7 times the combat aircraft. Sweden spends 1.9 times as much on defence. Public, country-level figures from the data snapshot the run was pinned to (2026.09). See data sources for where each number comes from.

SwedenFinland
14,850Active soldiers23,850
21,500Reservists233,000
120Tanks200
50Artillery700
94Combat aircraft55
50Helicopters20
$16.7bnDefence budget$8.9bn
10.6mPopulation5.6m

What the war cost

Sweden
attacked
2,901
soldiers killed or wounded
10
tanks destroyed
67
aircraft lost
0
land changed hands
61%
support at home, at the end
Finland
defended
3,938
soldiers killed or wounded
14
tanks destroyed
50
aircraft lost
0
land changed hands
80%
support at home, at the end

What decided it

01
Deployed combat power helped Finland
Average deployed combat power: 12 vs 18 model units.
02
Political cohesion helped Finland
Average cohesion: 74% vs 89%.
03
Air situation helped Sweden
Average share of air control for Sweden: 55%.
04
Logistics helped Finland
Average front-line supply efficiency: 40% vs 42%.
05
Economic resilience helped Sweden
Average economic stability index: 0.96 vs 0.94.
Think it would go differently?

This run assumed no allies, winter, full mobilization for the attacker and partial for the defender, and no nuclear weapons. Change any of that and watch it play out day by day on the map.

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After 365 simulated days the conflict between Sweden and Finland ended with: Defender holds (duration limit reached). Aggregate personnel losses within the model: 2,901 (Sweden) and 3,938 (Finland). This page reports one seeded run of a model on public, aggregate data. It is not a prediction, and no operational information is used.

Model-generated simulation on public, country-level data. Not a prediction. No operational, classified or real-time information is used.