| Moroccan expedition | |||||||
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 Map of Morocco and Algeria, 1844 | |||||||
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Supported by: France  United Kingdom | |||||||
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 Christian VIII Captain Paludan Captain Mourier  Oscar I C. H. Ulner Mathias Ehrenoff |
.svg){kind=small} Abd al-Rahman Buselham Ben-Ali | ||||||
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Denmark: 2 Frigates 1 Brig 1 Auxiliary vessel 1 Cutter brig 1 Corvette Sweden: 1 Frigate 1 Corvette 1 Schooner Norway: 1 Corvette | Unknown | ||||||
The Moroccan expedition was a maritime expedition conducted by the nations of Sweden-Norway and Denmark to militarily pressure the barbary state of Morocco into agreeing to the new stipulations as proposed by Danish and Swedish diplomats. One of the motives of the expedition was the reversal of several of the old and unfair treaties which stated that Sweden and Denmark would be required to pay an annual tribute to the Moroccan sultanate in order to be granted safe passage from the Barbary pirates.
In 1843 the Danish king Christian VIII proposed that the Danish and Swedish fleets should join forces to militarily pressure Morocco to relinquish their attacks on Swedish and Danish merchants without the payment of tribute. The following year, the fleets of Sweden, Denmark, and Norway jointly embarked on a military expedition to Morocco, and after a year of negotiations, the Moroccan Sultan Abd al-Rahman agreed to the new stipulations proposed by the Danish and Swedish negotiators.