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him as for his successors and the 

 whole kingdom, henceforward to 

 make no claim, direct or indirect, 

 on the kingdom of Norway, or its 

 bishopricks, dioceses, islands, or 

 any other territory thereto belong- 

 ing. All the inhabitants, in virtue 

 of this renunciation, are released 

 from the oath which they have 

 taken to the King and Crown of 

 Norway. 



V. His Majesty the King of 

 Sweden binds himself, on the other 

 hand, in the most solemn manner, 

 to cause the inhabitants of the 

 kingdom of Norway, and its de- 

 pendencies, to enjoy, in future, all 

 the laws, franchises, rights and 

 privileges, such as they have hi- 

 therto subsisted. 



VI. As the whole debt of the 

 Danish Monarchy is contracted, as 

 well upon Norway as the other 

 parts of the kingdom, so his Ma- 

 jesty the King of Sweden binds 

 himself, as Sovereign of Norway, 

 to be responsible for a part of that 

 debt, proportioned to the popula- 

 tion and revenue of Norway. By 

 public debt is to be understood that 

 which has been contracted by the 

 Danish Government, both at home 

 and abroad. The latter consists of 

 Royal and State obligations, bank- 

 bills, and paper money formerly 

 issued under Royal authority, and 

 now circulating in both kingdoms. 



An exact account of this debt, 

 such as it was on the 1st of Jan. 

 1814, shall be taken by Commis- 

 sioners appointed to that eifect by 

 both Crowns, and shall be calcu- 

 lated ujion a just division of the 

 population and revenues of the 

 kingdoms of Norway and Den- 

 mark. These Commissioners shall 

 meet at Copenhagen, within one 

 month after the exchange of the 



ratification of this treaty, and shall 

 bring this affair to a conclusion as 

 speedily as possible, and at least be- 

 fore the expiration of the present 

 year ; with this understanding, 

 however, that the King of Sweden, 

 as Sovereign of Norway, shall be 

 responsible for no other portion of 

 the debt contracted by Denmark, 

 than that for which Norway was 

 liable before its separation. 



VII, His Majesty the King of 

 Sweden, for himself and his suc- 

 cessors, renounces irrevocably and 

 for ever, in behalf of the King of 

 Denmark, all rights and claim to 

 the Dukedom of Swedish Pomera- 

 nia, and the Principality of the 

 island of Rugen. 



These provinces, with all their 

 inhabitants, towns, havens, for- 

 tresses, villages, islands, and all 

 their dependencies, privileges, 

 rights, and emoluments, shall be- 

 long in full sovereignty to the 

 Crown of Denmark, and be incor- 

 porated with that kingdom. 



For this purpose his Majesty the 

 king of Sweden engages, in the 

 most solemn manner, both for him- 

 self, his successors, and the whole 

 Swedish Kingdom, never to make 

 any claim, direct or indirect, on the 

 said provinces, islands and terri- 

 tory ; the inhabitants whereof, in 

 virtue of this renunciation, are re- 

 leased from the oath which they 

 have taken to the King and Crown 

 of Denmark. 



VIII. His Majesty the King of 

 Denmark solemnly engages in hke 

 manner, to secure to the inhabi- 

 tants of Swedish Pomerania, the 

 islands of Rugen and their depen- 

 dencies, their laws, rights, fran- 

 chises, and privileges, such as they 

 now exist, and are contained in the 

 acts of the years 1810 and 1811. 



