- The
Sound Dues (or
Sound Tolls; Danish: Øresundstolden) were a toll on the use of the Øresund, or "
Sound"
strait separating the
modern day
borders of Denmark...
- by the
Danish king, Eric of Pomerania. The king
insisted on
payment of
sound dues by all
ships wishing to
enter or
leave the
Baltic Sea
through the Øresund;...
-
governing transit p****age
through the
Danish straits. It has
abolished the
Sound Dues and all
Danish straits have been made
international waterways free to...
- Denmark-Norway had to make huge
territorial concessions and
exempt Sweden from the
Sound Dues, de
facto acknowledging the end of the Danish-Norwegian
dominium maris...
- of
Pomerania introduced the
Sound Dues which remained in
effect for more than four centuries,
until 1857.
Transitory dues on the use of waterways, roads...
-
introduction of the
Sound Dues (Øresundtolden) in 1429,
which was to last
until 1857. It
consisted of the
payment of
sound dues by all
ships wishing...
-
Nystad (1721). By
these treaties Sweden ceded its
exemption from the
Sound Dues and lost the
Baltic provinces and the
southern part of
Swedish Pomerania...
-
especially after the
construction of
Kronborg Castle and the
introduction of
Sound Dues, Helsingør
would later develop into the most
important town and seaport...
- Poland, Sweden,
Russia and more
Baltic countries were
suffering from the
Sound Dues, a toll
needed to be paid to
reach Western European waters.
Sweden byp****ed...
-
established the
Sound Dues in 1429,
which were a toll on the use of the Øresund.
Although a
former toll had
existed prior, the
Sound Dues were paid in Helsingør...
