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Treaty of Copenhagen
Signed outside Copenhagen on 27 May 1660, ending the Dano-Swedish war still ongoing after Charles X's death;…
Timeline
- 1658–1660Copenhagen · DenmarkThe 1658 Treaty of Roskilde had already given Sweden Skåne and other lands; that same year Charles X again attacked Zealand and besieged Copenhagen, and Dutch fleet intervention broke the blockade. After the king's death in February 1660, Frederick III tried to overturn Roskilde, while France and England pressed Sweden to yield only Trøndelag and keep the rest of the old treaty.
- 1660Outside Copenhagen · DenmarkIn March the Netherlands ordered De Ruyter's fleet to leave Landskrona, no longer helping Denmark recover Skåne. Brandenburg, Austria, and Poland still backed Denmark's recovery of lost lands, but France and England guaranteed Sweden would give up only Trøndelag. Negotiations then unfolded between Copenhagen and Karlstad.
- 1660Outside Copenhagen · DenmarkThe peace returned Trøndelag (including North Møre and Romsdal) to Norway and Bornholm to Denmark; Skåne, Halland, Blekinge, and Bohuslän remained Swedish. Sweden controlled the east bank of the Øresund, and Denmark could no longer monopolize the sound tolls. Days later the remaining Swedish troops on Zealand withdrew.
Sources
- Treaty of Oliva https://www.britannica.com/topic/Treaty-of-Oliva
- The Northern Wars: War, State and Society in Northeastern Europe, 1558–1721 — Robert I. Frost (2000)
- Second Northern War https://www.britannica.com/event/Second-Northern-War