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  2. Sweden–United Kingdom relations - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Anglo-Swedish war of 1810–1812 - Wikipedia

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    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) .

  4. List of countries that have gained independence from the ...

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    The ruling party administration for St. Kitts moved to make the Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla colony into a looser associated state status with the UK in 1967 much to the dismay of many in Anguilla, with agitation turning into the Anguillan Revolution; Anguilla's population moved in favour of returning to British authority in 1971 with full ...

  5. History of the foreign relations of the United Kingdom

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    England resolved its long-standing problem with Scotland in the Acts of Union 1707, which integrated Scotland into the British political and economic system. The much smaller Scotland kept its traditional political elite, its established Presbyterian church, its superior universities, and its distinctive legal system.

  6. English Wars (Scandinavia) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Foreign relations of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Following the formation of the Kingdom of Great Britain (which united England and Scotland) in 1707, British foreign relations largely continued those of the Kingdom of England. British foreign policy initially focused on achieving a balance of power within Europe, with no one country achieving dominance over the affairs of the continent.

  8. Category:Sweden–United Kingdom relations - Wikipedia

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    EnglandSweden relations (1 C, 4 P) S. Swedish people of British descent (6 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Sweden–United Kingdom relations"

  9. Acts of Union 1707 - Wikipedia

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    The Acts of Union [d] refer to two Acts of Parliament, one by the Parliament of England in 1706, the other by the Parliament of Scotland in 1707. They put into effect the Treaty of Union agreed on 22 July 1706, which merged the previously separate Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into a single Kingdom of Great Britain, with Queen Anne as its sovereign.