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The Treaty of Kiel (Kieltraktaten) or Peace of Kiel (Kielfreden, Freden i Kiel) was concluded between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Kingdom of Sweden on one side and the Kingdom of Denmark and Norway (Denmark-Norway) on the other side on 14 January 1814 in Kiel. It ended the hostilities between the parties in the ongoing Napoleonic Wars, where the United Kingdom and Sweden were part of the anti-French camp (Sixth Coalition) while Denmark was allied to Napoleon Bonaparte.

Frederick VI of Denmark joined the anti-French alliance, ceded Heligoland to George III of the United Kingdom, and further ceded most of the Kingdom of Norway to Charles XIII of Sweden in return for Swedish Pomerania. Specifically excluded from the exchange were the Norwegian dependencies of Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands which remained in the union with Denmark. Norway unsuccessfully contested the Danish claim to all of Greenland in the East Greenland case of 1931 � 1933.

However, not all provisions of the treaty would come into force. Norway declared its independence, adopted a constitution and elected prince Christian Frederik as king. Sweden therefore refused to hand over Swedish Pomerania, which instead passed to Prussia after the Congress of Vienna (1815). After a short war with Sweden, Norway accepted entering into a personal union with Sweden at the Convention of Moss.

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