Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States–Sweden)

Treaty of Amity and Commerce Between the United States and Sweden
Type bilateral treaty
Signed 3 April 1783 (1783-04-03)
Location Paris, France
Original
signatories
USA
Sweden

The Treaty of Amity and Commerce Between the United States and Sweden (Swedish: Svensk-amerikanska vänskaps- och handelstraktaten), was a treaty signed on April 3, 1783 in Paris, France between the United States and the Kingdom of Sweden. The treaty established a commercial alliance between these two nations and was signed during the American Revolutionary War.

Background

In 1783 Benjamin Franklin was the American resident in Paris, and on September 28, 1782 he was given a new assignment by Congress, and was made Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty King Gustav III of Sweden. However, because Franklin was based in Paris, France, the discussions was carried out via the Swedish ambassador to the court of France, Count Gustaf Philip Creutz.

On April 3, 1783, the two of them signed the treaty.

Later that same year (1783), the Treaty of Paris was signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, which ended the American Revolutionary War.

Signers

1777 Jean-Baptiste Greuze portrait of Ben Franklin
Gustaf Philip Creutz, dressed in the robes of a Swedish Privy Councilor, with the collar of the Royal Order of the Seraphim around his neck.

United States

Sweden

Provisions

Ratification

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