Editing False flag (section)

===Russo-Swedish War===
In 1788, the head tailor at the [[Royal Swedish Opera]] received an order to sew a number of Russian military uniforms. These were then used by Swedes to stage an attack on [[Puumala]], a Swedish outpost on the Russo-Swedish border, on 27 June 1788. This caused an outrage in [[Stockholm]] and impressed the [[Riksdag of the Estates]], the Swedish national assembly, who until then had refused to agree to an offensive war against Russia. The Puumala incident allowed King [[Gustav&nbsp;III]] of Sweden, who lacked the constitutional authority to initiate unprovoked hostilities without the Estates' consent, to launch the [[Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Mattila |first=Tapabi |title=Meri maamme turvana: Suomen meripuolustuksen vaiheita Ruotsin vallan aikana |publisher=Suomi Merellä-säätiö |year=1983 |isbn=951-99487-0-8 |location=Jyväskylä |page=142 |language=fi |trans-title=The Sea As Our Country's Security: Phases of Finnish Sea Defense During Swedish Rule}}</ref>