The Treaty of Amity and Commerce Between the United States and Sweden (
Swedish: Svensk-amerikanska vänskaps- och handelstraktaten), officially A treaty of Amity and Commerce concluded between His Majesty the King of Sweden and the United States of North America, was a treaty signed on April 3, 1783 in
Paris,
France between the
United States and the
Kingdom of Sweden. The treaty officially established commercial relations 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 were 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, 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.