Treaty of Fredrikshamn

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The Treaty of Fredrikshamn was an 1809 peace agreement between Sweden and Russia that ended the Finnish War and transferred Finland to Russian control, leading to its status as an autonomous Grand Duchy within the Russian Empire.

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Treaty of Fredrikshamn canonical 6
Treaty of Hamina 1
Treaty of Åbo 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty
peace treaty
alsoKnownAs Freden i Fredrikshamn
Treaty of Fredrikshamn
surface form: Treaty of Hamina
appliesTo Grand Duchy of Finland
belligerentParty Kingdom of Sweden
Russian Empire
category 1809 in Europe
Peace treaties
Treaties of Sweden
Treaties of the Russian Empire
concludedIn 1809
countryAtTime Russian Empire
Sweden
definesStatusOf Finland within Russian Empire
endedConflict Finnish War
follows Treaty of Nystad
hasConsequence Sweden’s loss of status as a major Baltic power
beginning of Russian rule in Finland
shift of Swedish eastern border to Torne River
historicalPeriod Napoleonic Wars
surface form: Napoleonic Wars era
language French
Russian
Swedish
locationNow Hamina, Finland
partOf Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)
surface form: Russo-Swedish conflicts
precedes Treaty of Olkijoki
surface form: Treaty of Åbo
relatedEvent Finnish War
Napoleonic Wars
resultedIn cession of Finland to Russia
creation of Grand Duchy of Finland
end of Swedish rule in Finland
establishment of Finland as autonomous Grand Duchy within Russian Empire
signatory Kingdom of Sweden
Russian Empire
signedByRepresentativeOf Karl XIII of Sweden
surface form: King Charles XIII of Sweden

Alexander I of Russia
surface form: Tsar Alexander I of Russia
signedIn Finland
Fredrikshamn
Hamina
signingDate 1809-09-17
transferredTerritory Finland
parts of Lapland
parts of Västerbotten
Åland Islands
transferredTerritoryFrom Kingdom of Sweden
transferredTerritoryTo Russian Empire

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Grand Duke of Finland establishedByTreaty Treaty of Fredrikshamn
Treaty of Nystad precedes Treaty of Fredrikshamn
this entity surface form: Treaty of Åbo
Grand Duchy of Finland treaty Treaty of Fredrikshamn
Finnish War result Treaty of Fredrikshamn
Finnish War treaty Treaty of Fredrikshamn
Treaty of Fredrikshamn alsoKnownAs Treaty of Fredrikshamn
this entity surface form: Treaty of Hamina
Nyland cededInTreaty Treaty of Fredrikshamn
Siege of Sveaborg (1808) relatedTo Treaty of Fredrikshamn