Den 3 april 1783 undertecknades Amity-och handelsfördraget mellan USA och Sverige. Fördraget, som skrevs under amerikanska revolutionskriget, etablerade en kommersiell allians mellan de amerikanska kolonierna och Konungariket Sverige. Vid den tiden tjänstgjorde Benjamin Franklin som diplomat i Paris, Frankrike där en av hans roller var som minister Plenipotentiär till Hans Majestät Konung Gustav III av Sverige. Amity-och handelsfördraget markerade första gången USA: s fledgling erkändes som nation, en milstolpe Franklin erkänd genom att beskriva Sverige som ′′ den första makten i Europa som frivilligt och utan specialitet erbjudit sin vänskap till USA." #swedeninusa #history#sweden#unitedstates#relations · · https://www.facebook.com/swedeninusa/posts/4211151162228968 Embassy of Sweden in USA
Igår kl. 20:00 · On April 3, 1783 the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and Sweden was signed. The treaty, which was signed during the American Revolutionary War, established a commercial alliance between the American colonies and the Kingdom of Sweden. At that time, Benjamin Franklin was serving as a diplomat in Paris, France where one of his roles was as Minister Plenipotentiary to His Majesty King Gustav III of Sweden. The Treaty of Amity and Commerce marked the first time the fledgling United States was recognized as a nation, a milestone Franklin recognized by describing Sweden as “the first power in Europe which had voluntarily and without solicitation offered its friendship to the United States.” #swedeninusa #history#sweden#unitedstates#relations