Somebody told me that some Finnish (Finland was part of Sweden) soldiers stayed in Samland after Polish-Swedish war (1625-1629).
Sweden kept some harbors after war quite a long time, one was Pillau in
Samland. So that's why some Samland familynames were finnish.
In 1625, the Swedes quickly occupied all of
Livonia and
Courland by the year's end. In May 1626 Gustav Adolf began the surprising invasion of
Prussia. Gustav's landing in
Ducal Prussia near
Pillau with over 8,000 soldiers came as a surprise to the
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and despite his relatively small forces, Gustav Adolf acting with the support of the
Elector of Brandenburg quickly captured all of the coastal towns, with the exception of the largest prize: the city of
Gdańsk (Danzig). The Commonwealth received no support from its
vassal, Ducal Prussia. Near the village of
Gniew
in a battle (22-30 September 1626) Gustav defeated a Polish army led by
King Sigismund. Sigismund retreated and called from reinforcements from
other parts of the country.
However this victory was not followed up politically and militarily.
Despite's all of Koniecpolski's brilliant efforts, a ceasefire in
Stary Targ (
Truce of Altmark) on
26 October, 1629 was in favour of the Swedes, to whom Poland ceded the larger part of
Livonia with the important port of
Riga.
Swedes also got the right to tax Polish trade moved through the Baltic
(3,5% on the value of goods), kept control of many cities in
Royal Prussia (including
Baltiysk (Pillau, Piława),
Memel and
Elbląg
(Elbing)) and for the time were generally recognized as the dominant
power on the southern Baltic Sea coast. Duchy of Prussia was
compensated by its losses (occupation of some cities by Swedes) by
Commonwealth, with the temporary (until 1634) transfer of
Malbork,
Sztum and
Żuławy Wiślane.
Remaining ships of the Commonwealth fleet were transferred to Sweden.
The Swedes only failure was their inability to capture the important
port of Gdańsk.