Treaty between Sweden-Norway and United States
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.[1]
- People of both countries are to follow the laws about navigation set by their own country.[1]
- 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]
References
- ^ a b c O’Neill, Anna A. "United States-Sweden Arbitration." The American Journal of International Law, vol. 26, no. 4, 1932, pp. 720–34. JSTOR, doi:10.2307/2189581. Accessed 20 Jan. 2024.
- ^ Sallius, Per-Ove (1961). "Swedish-American treaty policy, 1920–1935". Economy and History. 4 (1): 65–89. doi:10.1080/00708852.1961.10418983.
- ^ States, United (1932). Arbitration Between the United States and Sweden Under Special Agreement of December 17, 1930: The "Kronprins Gustaf Adolf" and the "Pacific". U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ 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, doi:10.2307/2506713. Accessed 20 Jan. 2024.
External links
- Text of the treaty – American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States. United States: Gales and Seaton. 1859. p. 707.
