July 1, 1852: Treaty with Sweden, Norway

Below is a manuscript version of the 1852 treaty between the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi and Sweden and Norway. Article XVIII stated that the treaty was ratified in Honolulu on July 1, 1852.

Available in Treaties, Sweden and Norway (Folder 1 of 2).

We Kamehameha IV
By the Grace of God
King of the Hawaiian
Islands. Make Known:

That his late majesty King Kamehameha III having authorized a Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation with an additional Article thereto annexed, between the Hawaiian Kingdom, and the Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, which was concluded signed and sealed on the first of July 1852, by Our respective Plenipotentiaries, viz. On his behalf Robert Crichton Wyllie Esquire His Minister of Foreign Relations, His Secretary at War, and of the Navy, Member of His Privy Council of State, Member of the House of . . . .

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Below is an excerpt from the Hawaiian translation of this same treaty. A transcription follows.

Available in Treaties, Sweden and Norway (Folder 1 of 2).

Kuikahi.

Iwaena o ke aupuni o ko Hawaii pae aina, a me na aupuni hui o Swedena me Norewai, i hanaia e R.C. Wyllie Esqr., Kuhina no ko na aina e o ka Moi o ko Hawaii pae aina, kekahi o kona ahakukakukamalu, a me C.A. Virgin, Puuku o ke alii o Swedena, he kapena o ka pae manuwa alii o Swedena, koa o ka aoao alii pahi-kaua o Swedena, a me ka aoao alii Rusia i kapaia o St Stanislaus . . . .