- 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...
- the
Danish king, Eric of Pomerania. The king
insisted on the
payment of
sound dues by all
ships wishing to
enter or
leave the
Baltic Sea
through the Øresund;...
- 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...
- Denmark-Norway had to make huge
territorial concessions and
exempt Sweden from the
Sound Dues, de
facto acknowledging the end of the
Danish dominium maris baltici....
-
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...
-
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...
-
especially after the
construction of
Kronborg Castle and the
introduction of
Sound Dues, Helsingør
would later develop into the most
important town and seaport...
- was able to
monopolize trade through the
sounds. From the 15th century,
Denmark started to
collect the
Sound Dues, a
transitory due from all
foreign ships...
-
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...
- been
allowed to take any
dues. The
sheltered location just
south of Kronborg,
where ships anc****d in
order to pay the
Sound Dues, are the
ferry berth of...