Second Treaty of Brömsebro (1645)

The Peace of Brömsebro was on 13.jul. / August 23 1645greg. closed and ended the begun by the Swedes without a formal declaration of war Torstenssonkrieg against Denmark, which took place 1643-1645 and can be considered as part of the Thirty Years' War.

The peace negotiations were initiated on the initiative of the French diplomat gas Part Coignet de la Thuillerie by the Swedish successes in February 1645 in the small town Brömsebro. Brömsebro lies in the then Danish Blekinge on the border to Sweden Smaland. The town is located today in the municipality of Karlskrona. On the Swedish side, the negotiations were led by Axel Oxenstierna, while the Danish delegation was led by the Chancellor Corfitz Ulfeldt. In the negotiations and the Netherlands on the Swedish side and France participated as a mediator.

In the peace treaty was forced to resign over to Sweden Jämtland, Härjedalen, Gotland and Saaremaa. The Danish Crown Prince Frederick, Frederick II as administrator of the archbishopric of Bremen and the Bishopric of Verden also had to leave his possessions Sweden. Next Halland Sweden received 30 years. In addition, the right to duty- free transit was extended by the Øresund to all provinces of Sweden, so that Swedish ships had to pay no more Sundzoll. Hamburg was exempt from the payment of Elbzolls.