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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 United Kingdom is not accredited to Benin through an embassy; the UK develops relations through its high commission in Accra, Ghana. [209] Both countries share common membership of the Atlantic co-operation pact, [210] the International Criminal Court, and the World Trade Organization. Bilaterally the two countries have an Investment ...
After the death of Denmark-Norway's foreign minister Andreas Peter Bernstorff in 1800, Crown Prince Frederick began exerting his will in all areas. This meant that the finance minister Ernst Heinrich von Schimmelmann ignored protests from the foreign minister Christian Bernstoff to finally grant the Dutch-born merchant Frédéric de Coninck's repeated requests for a naval convoy to accompany ...
1489–91: England sends three expensive military expeditions to keep Brittany out of French control, but fails. 1502: Treaty of "perpetual peace" signed with Scotland. The marriage of King James IV of Scotland to Margaret Tudor will eventually lead to the Stuart succession to the English throne.
See Norway–Sweden relations. Norway has an embassy in Stockholm. Sweden has an embassy in Oslo. Both countries are members of NATO. Poland: See Poland–Sweden relations. Poland has an embassy in Stockholm. Sweden has an embassy in Warsaw. Sweden joined the European Union as a full member on 1 January 1995, while Poland joined on 1 May 2004.
England–Sweden relations (1 C, 4 P) S. Swedish people of British descent (6 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Sweden–United Kingdom relations"
A 15th-century illustration showing an English herald approaching a troop of Scottish soldiers. The Anglo-Scottish Wars comprise the various battles which continued to be fought between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland from the time of the Wars of Independence in the early 14th century through to the latter years of the 16th century.