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The UK and Sweden have large establishment Protestant churches, with the Lutheran Church of Sweden, Anglican Church of England and Presbyterian Church of Scotland. Although they are noted for their irreligious nature , with church attendance being low with around 5% in Sweden and 20% in the UK.
When France occupied Swedish Pomerania and the island of Rügen in 1812, Sweden sought peace with the UK. After long negotiations, the Treaty of Örebro was signed on 18 July 1812. On the same day and at the same place, the UK and Russia signed a peace treaty to end the Anglo–Russian War (1807–1812) .
The UK is a major centre for engine manufacturing: in 2022 around 1.5 million engines were produced. [285] It is also the world's fourth-largest exporter of engines, as of 2021. [288] The UK motorsport industry employs more than 40,000 people, comprises around 4,300 companies and has an annual turnover of around £10 billion.
Agreement Between Great Britain and Sweden Relating to the Suppression of the Capitulations in Egypt (1921) Anglo-Swedish Literary Foundation; Anglo-Swedish Society; Assange v Swedish Prosecution Authority
In 2007, with over 800 million dollars in revenue, Sweden was the third-largest music exporter in the world and surpassed only by the US and the UK. [286] [287] [better source needed] According to one source 2013, Sweden produces the most chart hits per capita in the world, followed by the UK and the US. [288] Sweden has a rather lively jazz scene.
The ambassador of the United Kingdom to Sweden is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Sweden, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Stockholm. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden .
The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are dependencies of the Crown and are not part of the UK. Similarly, the British Overseas Territories, remnants of the British Empire, are not part of the UK. From 1801, following the Acts of Union, until 1922 the whole island of Ireland was a country within the UK.
The 1813 Treaty of Stockholm was a "treaty of concert and subsidy" between Great Britain and Sweden. It was signed on 3 March 1813 by Alexander Hope and Edward Thornton for Great Britain and by Lars von Engeström and Gustaf af Wetterstedt for Sweden. [1] The treaty secured Swedish military cooperation against Napoleon.