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The Bodø affair was a diplomatic scandal^{[clarification needed]} involving Sweden-Norway (then a dual monarchy) and the United Kingdom, which lasted from 1818 to 1821. The affair arose over the illegal trading activities of an English company in the Norwegian port of Bodø, where Norwegian officials in 1818 seized a large cargo contrabande belonging to the company and arrested one of its owners, who had attempted to smuggel it into Norway. He later with violence managed to escaped. The Stockholm foreign ministry, which handled the foreign affairs of Norway at that time, seemed unreasonably favorable to British claims over the Bodø incident, thereby angering Norwegians and arousing their nationalism. In 1821 a for the Norwegian state large compensation was paid, over Norwegian objections, to another British company who had falsified documents regarding ownership of the goods. While of minor importance in itself, the incident led to a lasting distrust among Norwegians of the Swedish foreign ministry.^[1]

References

^ Bodø Affair. (2009). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved November 18, 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/71072/Bodo-Affair

External links

"Bodø affair". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Foreningen Store norske leksikon.

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[1] Bodø Affair. (2009). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved November 18, 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/71072/Bodo-Affair

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 [[File:No-nb digibok 2014091028002 0097 1 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Lithograph of [[Bodø]] in the early 1800s by {{Interlanguage link|Peter Frederik Wergmann|lt=Peter Frederik Wergmann|no|Peter Frederik Wergmann}}]]
-The '''Bodø affair''' was a diplomatic scandal{{clarify|date=January 2014}} involving [[Union between Sweden and Norway|Sweden-Norway]] (then a [[dual monarchy]]) and the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]], which lasted from 1818 to 1821. The affair arose over the illegal trading activities of an English company in the Norwegian port of [[Bodø]], where Norwegian officials in 1818 seized a large cargo belonging to the company and arrested one of its owners, who later escaped. The [[Stockholm]] foreign ministry, which handled the foreign affairs of Norway at that time, seemed unreasonably favorable to British claims over the Bodø incident, thereby angering Norwegians and arousing their [[nationalism]]. In 1821 compensation was paid to the British company over Norwegian objections. While of minor importance in itself, the incident led to a lasting distrust among Norwegians of the Swedish foreign ministry.<ref>Bodø Affair. (2009). In [[Encyclopædia Britannica]]. Retrieved November 18, 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/71072/Bodo-Affair http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/71072/Bodo-Affair]</ref>
+The '''Bodø affair''' was a diplomatic scandal{{clarify|date=January 2014}} involving [[Union between Sweden and Norway|Sweden-Norway]] (then a [[dual monarchy]]) and the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]], which lasted from 1818 to 1821. The affair arose over the illegal trading activities of an English company in the Norwegian port of [[Bodø]], where Norwegian officials in 1818 seized a large cargo contrabande belonging to the company and arrested one of its owners, who had attempted to smuggel it into Norway. He later with violence managed to escaped. The [[Stockholm]] foreign ministry, which handled the foreign affairs of Norway at that time, seemed unreasonably favorable to British claims over the Bodø incident, thereby angering Norwegians and arousing their [[nationalism]]. In 1821 a for the Norwegian state large compensation was paid, over Norwegian objections, to another British company who had falsified documents regarding ownership of the goods. While of minor importance in itself, the incident led to a lasting distrust among Norwegians of the Swedish foreign ministry.<ref>Bodø Affair. (2009). In [[Encyclopædia Britannica]]. Retrieved November 18, 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/71072/Bodo-Affair http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/71072/Bodo-Affair]</ref>
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