During the negotiations, Swedish representatives had namely endeavoured to escape the loss of the Åland islands, "the fore-posts of Stockholm," as Napoleon rightly described them.
Läbirääkimiste käigus olid Rootsi esindajad püüdnud pääseda Ahvenamaa saarte ehk "Stockholmi eelpostide", nagu Napoleon I neid oli kutsunud, kaotusest.