Treaty of Roskilde

Treaty of Roskilde
	Light green areas were ceded to Sweden, striped areas were ceded but returned after local rebellions. Turquoise (Halland) was occupied by Sweden since before the treaty.
Type	Bilateral treaty
Signed	8 March 1658
Location	Roskilde, Denmark
Original; signatories	Denmark–Norway; Sweden;
Ratifiers	Denmark–Norway; Sweden;

The Treaty of Roskilde^[1] was negotiated at Høje Taastrup Church and signed (concluded on 26 February (OS), or 8 March 1658) (NS)^[2] during the Second Northern War between Frederick III of Denmark–Norway and Karl X Gustav of Sweden in the Danish city of Roskilde. After a devastating defeat, Denmark–Norway was forced to give up a third of its territory to save the rest, the ceded lands comprising Blekinge, Bornholm, Bohuslän (Båhuslen), Scania (Skåne) and Trøndelag, as well as her claims to Halland.^[2]

After the treaty entered into force, Swedish forces continued to campaign in the remainder of Denmark–Norway, but had to withdraw from the Danish isles and Trøndelag in the face of a Dano–Norwegian and Dutch alliance. The Treaty of Copenhagen restored Bornholm to Denmark and Trøndelag to Norway in 1660, while the other provinces transferred in Roskilde remained Swedish.

^ Danish pronunciation: [ˈʁʌskilə]
^ ^a ^b Frost, Robert I (2000). The Northern Wars. War, State and Society in Northeastern Europe 1558–1721. Longman. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-582-06429-4.

[1] Danish pronunciation: [ˈʁʌskilə]

[Frost180-2] Frost, Robert I (2000). The Northern Wars. War, State and Society in Northeastern Europe 1558–1721. Longman. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-582-06429-4.

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