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Norway
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Latin
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. It was expanded the next day, 12 July 1670, with the Third Article concerning contraband amended and clarified by a declaration in French signed at Copenhagen on 4 July 1780. The terms of the treaty were later reaffirmed by the
Treaty of Kiel
The Treaty of Kiel ( da, Kieltraktaten) or Peace of Kiel ( Swedish and no, Kielfreden or ') was concluded between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Kingdom of Sweden on one side and the Kingdoms of Denmark and Norway on t ...
, following the defeat of Denmark-Norway during the
Napoleonic Wars
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_See_also
*_Treaty_of_Kiel_
The_Treaty_of_Kiel_(_da,_Kieltraktaten)_or_Peace_of_Kiel_(_Swedish_and__no,_Kielfreden_or_')_was_concluded_between_the_United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland_and_the__Kingdom_of_Sweden_on_one_side_and_the__Kingdoms_of_Denmark_and_Norway_on_t_...