Chapter Swedish Trade and Shipping in the Mediterranean in the 18th Century

This paper analyses the rise of Swedish trade and shipping in the Mediterranean in the eighteenth century. It focuses on three factors that shaped Sweden’s role in the area: foreign policy interest, foreign trade policy (mercantilism), and commodity demand and supply. The foreign policy interest is...

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description This paper analyses the rise of Swedish trade and shipping in the Mediterranean in the eighteenth century. It focuses on three factors that shaped Sweden’s role in the area: foreign policy interest, foreign trade policy (mercantilism), and commodity demand and supply. The foreign policy interest is represented by attempts to build an alliance with the Ottoman Empire against Russia. An outcome of this was the short-lived Swedish Levant Company. The second factor relates to Sweden’s mercantilist policy in the Mediterranean, embodied in the Swedish Navigation Act, trade and peace treaties with the North-African states, and the consular services in southern Europe. Sea salt was in the core of this policy—a strategic commodity in northern Europe. Southern Europe, too, was important market for Swedish exports goods: iron, tar and pitch, and planks.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-834242022-06-02T04:30:49Z Chapter Swedish Trade and Shipping in the Mediterranean in the 18th Century Müller, Leos economic history sweden international trade commercial networks 18th century This paper analyses the rise of Swedish trade and shipping in the Mediterranean in the eighteenth century. It focuses on three factors that shaped Sweden’s role in the area: foreign policy interest, foreign trade policy (mercantilism), and commodity demand and supply. The foreign policy interest is represented by attempts to build an alliance with the Ottoman Empire against Russia. An outcome of this was the short-lived Swedish Levant Company. The second factor relates to Sweden’s mercantilist policy in the Mediterranean, embodied in the Swedish Navigation Act, trade and peace treaties with the North-African states, and the consular services in southern Europe. Sea salt was in the core of this policy—a strategic commodity in northern Europe. Southern Europe, too, was important market for Swedish exports goods: iron, tar and pitch, and planks. 2022-06-02T04:30:48Z 2022-06-02T04:30:48Z 2022-06-01T12:11:13Z 2019 chapter ONIX_20220601_9788864538570_201 2704-5668 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/56018 9788864538570 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/83424 eng Atti delle «Settimane di Studi» e altri Convegni open access image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/56018/1/14539.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-6453-857-0.23 10.36253/978-88-6453-857-0.23 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9788864538570 17 Florence open access
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Chapter Swedish Trade and Shipping in the Mediterranean in the 18th Century
title Chapter Swedish Trade and Shipping in the Mediterranean in the 18th Century
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international trade
commercial networks
18th century
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international trade
commercial networks
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