Abstract
Russia and Swedish-Norwegian «dualism» (1814-1905) Swedish military aid in defeating Napoleon and Russian support for Swedish plans to obtain Norway from Denmark comprised the essence of the «Russian-Swedish Treaty of St. Petersburg» in 1812. The treaty was confirmed by a meeting between Crown Prince Karl Johan and Tsar Alexander I in Abo during that same autumn, at a time when Napoleon was making swift advances into Russia with his Grande Armee. «The ties of friendship and good harmony» mentioned in the treaty continued officially even after The Napoleonic Wars, throughout Karl Johan's reign and right up to the Crimean War. In this connection it seems legitimate to ask: did Russia's friendship with Sweden also come to include Norway? From what date are we justified in referring to Russian-Norwegian relations as something separate from Russian-Swedish relations? And what role did Russia play in relation to the Swedish-Norwegian Union, which Alexander I had helped to establish? These are questions that the present article will try to answer.
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