Swedish cabinet ordered preparing for war according to the Dutch newspaper Leydse courant dated 8 February 1854

An item dated Stockholm 24 January reported that the Swedish cabinet ordered to do all efforts at the navy yards to fit out the warships.(1) The intention was to have before the summer begun five ships of the line at sea.

Note

1. Crimean war (4 October 1853-12 February 1856) between the Russian empire and the alliance of the British, French and Ottoman empires and the kingdom of Sardinia.