Treaty of Fredrikshamn
1809 treaty between Sweden and Imperial Russia which ended the Finnish War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Treaty of Fredrikshamn (Swedish: Freden i Fredrikshamn; Russian: Фридрихсгамский мирный договор), or the Treaty of Hamina (Finnish: Haminan rauha), was a peace treaty concluded between Sweden and Imperial Russia on 17 September 1809. The treaty concluded the Finnish War and was signed in the Finnish town of Hamina (Swedish: Fredrikshamn). Russia was represented by Nikolay Rumyantsev and David Alopaeus (Russian ambassador to Stockholm), while Sweden by Infantry General Kurt von Stedingk (former Swedish ambassador to Petersburg) and Colonel Anders Fredrik Skjöldebrand.[1]
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Signed | 17 September 1809 (1809-09-17) |
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Location | Fredrikshamn, Russia |
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In the treaty, Sweden ceded Finnish territories to Russia.[2]