Swedish–American Treaty (1827) Explained

Swedish-American Treaty (1827)
Date Signed:	July 4, 1827
Ratifiers:	United States Sweden–Norway

The Swedish–American Treaty (1827) was a treaty signed between the Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway and the United States on July 4, 1827.^[1]

It governed commercial relations between the US and Sweden and Norway (later Sweden) until 1919, when the US revoked the treaty.^[2]

Stipulations

• Ships of both countries are to be able to move goods in each others ports without restriction, with some exceptions for contraband.
• People of both countries are to follow the laws about navigation set by their own country.
• If a Swedish ship is in an American port with goods that are not unloaded there, it is not to be taken by American customs regulations.^[3]
• The Swedish monopoly on Saint Barthélemy is ended.^[4]

External links

• Text of the treaty – Book: American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States . 1859. United States. Gales and Seaton. 707.

Notes and References

1. O’Neill, Anna A. "United States-Sweden Arbitration." The American Journal of International Law, vol. 26, no. 4, 1932, pp. 720–34. JSTOR, . Accessed 20 Jan. 2024.
2. Per-Ove. Sallius. 1961. Swedish-American treaty policy, 1920–1935. Economy and History. 4. 1. 65–89. 10.1080/00708852.1961.10418983.
3. Book: States, United . Arbitration Between the United States and Sweden Under Special Agreement of December 17, 1930: The "Kronprins Gustaf Adolf" and the "Pacific" . 1932 . U.S. Government Printing Office . en.
4. Luthin, Reinhard H. "St. Bartholomew: Sweden’s Colonial and Diplomatic Adventure in the Caribbean.” The Hispanic American Historical Review, vol. 14, no. 3, 1934, pp. 307–24. JSTOR, . Accessed 20 Jan. 2024.