The Political History of Ukraine

Swedish archives hold a remarkable amount of sources on the political history of Ukraine. They include diplomatic documents and correspondence from the early modern period, as well as some unique and valuable maps from the same period. In this respect, Sweden occupies a unique position among European countries. The fact that Sweden has particularly important documents relating to Ukraine as a nation and the Ukrainian struggle for freedom is generally due to the fact that the Swedish Empire and the Ukrainian ruling class, both in the 17th and 18th centuries, forged strong diplomatic ties and alliances in order to assert themselves on the international stage during periods of conflict and war. International trade and shipping also played a major role in diplomatic talks.

The negotiations have generated a large amount of correspondence and other source material that is not found anywhere else in the world. This is particularly true of the period 1630–1730. These documents are undoubtedly also of great source-historical value for a number of other European countries, such as Poland, Turkey, Russia, the countries of the Baltic Sea region, Romania and Moldova, as well as for Sweden. What makes them particularly unique however is their significance for studies dealing with Ukrainian autonomy and independence. The Swedish National Archives also hold several volumes of the archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which contain diplomatic documents relating to the recognition of the former Soviet states and their autonomy, as well as sources relating to the struggle for independence of the territories of Circassia, Georgia, Transylvania and others.

Collections and series

Diplomatica Anglica

Letters and archives of Swedish missions to England. Resident (later Minister) Carl Gyllenborg.

• Brev från von Müllern

Diplomatica Gallica

• Franska beskickningars till Sverige memorial och noter

Diplomatica Hollandica

Letters and archives of Swedish missions to Holland. Envoy Johan Palmquist.

• Brev från generalguvernören Mauritz Vellingk
• Brev från ombudsrådet von Müllern

Diplomatica Muscovitica

Main collection, letters and archives of the Swedish missions to Russia. Envoy Kristoffer Kock (von Kocken).

• Brev till Kungl Maj:t, kanslipresidenten och kanslirådet Bergenhielm

Cosacica.

• Diplom utfärdat av sultanen i Osmanska riket för Filip Orlik
• Handlingar rörande förhandlingar mellan Sverige och kosackerna 1655–1719
• Fältherren Philip Orliks brev till svenska kungahuset och kansliämbetsmän

Diplomatica Polonica

Documents concerning Swedish missions to Poland. Envoy G. Wachschlager.

• Brev till Kanslikollegium 1708–1710
• Brev till Kanslikollegium 1711–1714

Other documents.

• Brev från polska kungar och kungliga personer
• Polska beskickningars memorial och noter

Diplomatica Turcica

Main collection, letters and archives of the Swedish missions to Turkey.

• E.o. envoyén Christian Albrecht Grotthuss Volume 17–19.
• E.o. envoyén Martin Neugebauer Volume 5–7.
• Generalmajoren Stanisalus Poniatowski. Brev till Kungl. Maj:t och hovkanslern von Müllern
• Kommissionssekreteraren Hans Perman. Brev till hovkanslern von Müllern
• Översten (fr.o.m. 1711 e.o. envoyén) Thomas Funck Volume 9–15.

Main collection, other documents.

• Fördrag mellan Sverige och Turkiet, 1711–1789

Tatarica.

• Svenska sändebuds brev och depescher, förhandlingar, tatarkanernas brev till Kungl. Maj:t
• Majoren Sven Lagerbergs depescher

Diplomatiska aktstycken

• Diplomatiska aktstycken (hufvudsakligen i afskrift) Ryssland, flera makter

Kanslitjänstemäns koncept och mottagna skrivelser

The time of Charles XII.

• Gustav Henrik von Müllerns koncept 1709–1712
• Gustav Henrik von Müllerns koncept 1713–1715
• Karl Piper, Skrivelser från furstliga personer i Polen

Kopiesamlingen I (f.d. Avskriftsamlingen)

Letters from Robbert Sutton, English envoy working in Constantinople, 1710–1714, and from Mister Jackson, English envoy working in Stockholm, 1709–1713, and abstract of letters of Charles Whitworth, England's envoy in Moscow, 1708–1709.

• Ernst Carlssons avskrifter rörande Karl XII:s historia

Utrikesexpeditionen

Concept and registry of foreign affairs.

• Koncept, concepter uti utrikes ärender Volume 34–39.
• Registratur, renskriven Volume 20–23.

Register.

• Utgående diarier 1709–1718
• Utgående diarier 1716, Tyska expeditionen

Utrikesdepartementet med föregångare

1902 års dossiersystem.

• Främmande diplomater i de Förenade Rikena (Sverige)
• Statsformer och konstitutioner Recognition of new states in Europe, volume 287.
• Statsformer och konstitutioner Recognition of new states in Europe, volume 288.

1920 års dossiersystem.

• Politiska och handelspolitiska avdelningens ärenden Politics, General. Volume 586a, Ukraine, 1920–1951.
• Politiska och handelspolitiska avdelningens ärenden Volume 895a, Forms of State and Constitutions and Matters of Recognition of New States, 1920–1951.