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The Neutral Sweden’s Era of Peace, 1815- Maintain peace without wars by practice military profession and search for new military knowledge in Europe, Africa & America -1870s In this period Sweden is neutral and officially not at in and around the Mediterranean and thereby showing war at all. By the result of the previous Napoleonic the Swedish flag. wars, Sweden must somehow gain new and the latest th military knowledge to be able to stay neutral and avoid In the middle of 19 century Sw. volunteers and war. To stay out of wars is not easy according to the militaries begin to join foreign armies to gain the world history. You must show military strength to the military knowledge not possible to do in Sweden, e.g. neighbouring countries and other military powers in the battlefield experience and the latest military technology. region. As the industrialization advances with faster sailing A way for Sweden to gain new military knowledge vessels, the introduction of railroad and also the was to send Navy vessels to visit foreign countries steamships, it is easier to travel abroad from Sweden. Navies and also escort Sw. merchant vessels especially Swedish Royal Navy protect Swedish trade to and from the Mediterranean 1820s-1850s 1841 Paid foreign letter Carlskrona - Hamburg - Sw. corvette Najaden at Malta. Thurn & Taxis (Prussia) had a fast 32 skilling banco Hel 6 skilling banco domestic let- route to Malta from Hamburg via -singborg-Hamburg ter rate -1¼ lod (=16.6g.) 20¼- the Tyrol and debited 28 skilling letter rate for ½ lod 35 Mihl (=216.43-374.08 km) from Dec. 6, 1834 according to a (=6.7g.) Jan. 1, 1841-. Jan. 1, 1835 - Jun. 30, 1855. postal circular Oct. 23, 1838. Earliest known cover Sweden - Malta ! Place Date *=cancel uu Carlskrona*, used 1840-1842. 1.1.1841 listing nr “8” for Hamburg. uu Via Helsingborg & Denmark 6+32 sk. bco. to Hamburg uu KS&NPC Hamburg* (Sw. 8.1.1841 Notation “28” (sk.bco) addi- P.O), type 1, 1823-1848 tional postage and “½” (lod) via Marseille Total postage: 66 skilling uu During 1840-1841 the The Sw. corvette Najaden was built 1834 Sw. corvette Najaden in Karlskrona and armed with eight 24- was escorting mer- uu pounded and two 8-pounded canons. chant ships in the Mediterranean. uu