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1810 treaty between Sweden and France
Treaty of Paris
Type
| Bilateral treaty
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Signed
| 6 January 1810
(
1810-01-06
)
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Location
| Paris
, France
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Original
signatories
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Ratifiers
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The
Treaty of Paris
, signed on 6 January 1810, ended the
Franco-Swedish War
after
Sweden
's defeat by
Russia
, an ally of France, in the
Finnish War
of 1808?1809.
History
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edit
]
Russia had been an ally of Sweden in the
Third
and
Fourth
Coalitions against France but, after Russia's defeat at
Friedland
, joined France and attacked Sweden to compel it to join
Napoleon I
's
Continental System
. The primary result of the treaty was Sweden's agreement to join the Continental System so that Sweden would not trade with the
United Kingdom
.
[1]
Shortly after the treaty was signed, on 21 August 1810, one of Napoleon's marshals,
Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
, was elected crown prince of Sweden, and he went on to found the
House of Bernadotte
, which remains the
Royal House
of Sweden. The peace resulting from the treaty lasted until Napoleon's refusal to permit Sweden to annex
Norway
, which was then under the sovereignty of
Denmark
, an ally of France.
[2]
That was followed in January 1812 by the French occupation of
Swedish Pomerania
for violating the Continental System since Sweden was still trading with the United Kingdom. In April 1812, Sweden signed the
Treaty of Petersburg
with Russia against France.
[2]
Notes
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]
- ^
Durant, Will. The Age of Napoleon. New York: MJF Books, 1975. pg. 236.
- ^
a
b
Durant, pg. 663.
Related reading
[
edit
]
- Will Durant, Ariel Durant (1975)
The Age of Napoleon
(Simon and Schuster)
ISBN
9781451647686
- Ulf Sundberg (1997)
Svenska freder och stillestand 1249-1814
(Hjalmarson & Hogberg)
ISBN
978-9189080010