Treaty of Canton

When

1847

Kind

Treaty

Coordinates

23.13° N, 113.26° E

Description

1847 treaty between China and Sweden-Norway

1847 treaty between China and Sweden-Norway

The Treaty of Canton was the first unequal treaty between Sweden-Norway and the Chinese Empire. The treaty was negotiated in March 1847 by Carl Fredrik Liljevalch and Qiying, the Viceroy of Liangguang, and was one of the unequal treaties between Western powers and China that followed the First Opium War.

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